BREEDING FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN SMALL MILLETS: A REVIEW

H.E. PATIL¹*, B.K. PATEL², P. VAVDIYA³, V. PALI^4
1Hill Millet Research Station, Waghai (Dangs), 394 730, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, 396 450, India
²Hill Millet Research Station, Waghai (Dangs), 394 730, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, 396 450, India
³Hill Millet Research Station, Waghai (Dangs), 394 730, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, 396 450, India
⁴Hill Millet Research Station, Waghai (Dangs), 394 730, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, 396 450, India
* Corresponding Author : ailme.harshalpatil@rediffmail.com

Received : 10-09-2018     Accepted : 27-09-2018     Published : 30-09-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 9       Pages : 507 - 510
Genetics 10.9 (2018):507-510

Keywords : Millets, Plant breeding
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors thankful to Hill Millet Research Station, Waghai (Dangs), 394 730, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, 396 450, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Small millets widely known as 'nutricereals' consist a number of distinct species of small-seeded grasses that are grown for grain purpose, each with their own unique traits and very good nutritional value. The most economically significant of these at present is finger millet, but the other small millets like little millet, barnyard millet, proso millet, foxtail millet, and kodo millet are also have their own importance to the tribal farmers who grow them.

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