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Editorial: Trait mining and genetic enhancement of millets and potential crops: modern prospects for ancient grains

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https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1291893/full
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1291893
 
Title Editorial: Trait mining and genetic enhancement of millets and potential crops: modern prospects for ancient grains
 
Creator Joshi, D C
Sood, S
Kudapa, H
Zhou, M
Santra, D
 
Subject Millets
Climate Resilient Technologies
Genetics and Genomics
 
Description Over the last decades, agricultural productivity has witnessed a significant increase. Yet, only 12 crops provide 75% of the world’s food supplies and three major crops, rice, wheat and maize, provide 50% of global dietary requirements (Joshi et al., 2019). These leading cereals have inherently low micronutrient concentrations, and overreliance on these crops leads to micronutrient deficiencies (Joshi et al., 2020). Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asian countries are the hot spots where the prevalence of micronutrient malnutrition is very high (Harding et al., 2018). For instance, In India alone, over 80% of the population is at risk of calcium deficiency and up to 25% suffer from iron and zinc deficiency (Ritchie et al., 2018).
Many low-volume, high-value crops cultivated for millennia have high nutritional quality and can contribute to global food security and help combat hidden hunger. Therefore,
dietary diversification by including micronutrients and vitamins rich minor and neglected food crops in the existing cropping systems is one of the most effective ways of sustainably reducing hidden hunger (Joshi et al., 2018). Millets and pseudocereals have the ability to provide a reasonable yield in the harshest environmental conditions of the world. Their ability to withstand environmental stresses and fragile ecosystems makes them ideal dualpurpose crops for grain and fodder production in low-input marginal agricultural systems prevalent in semi-arid regions. However, millets and pseudocereals have received little
scientific attention and the control of economic traits remains unknown (Joshi et al., 2019; Sood et al., 2019).
 
Publisher Frontiers Media
 
Date 2023-09-28
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/12531/1/Frontiers%20in%20Plant%20Science_14_01-03_2023%20%282%29.pdf
Joshi, D C and Sood, S and Kudapa, H and Zhou, M and Santra, D (2023) Editorial: Trait mining and genetic enhancement of millets and potential crops: modern prospects for ancient grains. Frontiers in Plant Science (TSI), 14. 01-03. ISSN 1664-462X