Millets: Ensuring Climate Resilience and Nutritional Security

by J.V. Patil, V. A. Tonapi

Overview

Millets: Ensuring Climate Resilience and Nutritional Security presents the current status of germplasm resource management and genetic improvement of group of climate smart nutri-cereal crops called Millets encompassing Sorghum, Pearl Millet, and Small Millets comprising Finger Millet, Foxtail Millet, Kodo Millet, Proso Millet, Barnyard Millet and Little Millet. The focus is on genetic improvement, agronomy, physiology, biotic and abiotic stresses, pest and disease management, molecular marker-aided approaches for improvement of millets, nutritional and health benefits of millets, utilization pattern, creating demand through value addition, commercialization and marketing of millet products, sustaining viability of informal millet seed systems and Innovative seed delivery models. The emphasis is on improvement of millets elucidating the future road map to enhance scope of millets as “MIRACLE NUTRI-CEREALS” through value chain to ensure food, feed, fodder, biofulel, nutritional and livelihood security, including climate resilience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789351308157
Publisher:	Astral International Pvt. Ltd.
Publication date:	01/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Dr. Vilas A. Tonapi is with Indian Institute of Millets Research since 1989. He also headed Division of Seed Science & Technology, IARI, New Delhi. He did his post-doctoral research at the University of Queensland, Australia. His specialization includes seed industry and seed systems development, IPRs, Plant Variety Protection and seed vigour and viability. He is recipient of Seedsmen Association award for service to seed industry, Best Scientist award of DSR, J.N.TATA Endowment award and R.V. Swaminathan Gold Medal. He has to his credit 50 refereed research papers, 20 books, and has edited 5 books. Dr. J.V. Patil is the Director of Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR) Hyderabad. During his 28 years research career, he has contributed in development of 10 varieties in sorghum, 8 varieties in pulses and one safflower variety. In sorghum, he introduced the concept of breeding for specific soil depths for rabi season. He is fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and is recipient of CGIAR's Baudouin Team Award, Doreen Mashler Team Award, Annasaheb Shinde Smruti Krishi Sanshodhan Gauro Puraskar and Vasantrao Naik Krishi Puraskar awards. He has more than 100 research papers and books to his credit.