The Sorghum Genome
This book provides insights into the current state of sorghum genomics. It particularly focuses on the tools and strategies employed in genome sequencing and analysis, public and private genomic resources and how all this information is leading to direct
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Sujay Rakshit Yi-Hong Wang Editors
The Sorghum Genome
Compendium of Plant Genomes Series editor Chittaranjan Kole Nadia, West Bengal India
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11805
Sujay Rakshit Yi-Hong Wang •
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The Sorghum Genome
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Editors Sujay Rakshit ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India
ISSN 2199-4781 Compendium of Plant Genomes ISBN 978-3-319-47787-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-47789-3
Yi-Hong Wang Department of Biology University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette USA
ISSN 2199-479X (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-47789-3
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In memory of Dr. Neelamraju Ganaga Prasad Rao (1927–2016), father of Indian sorghum research. He had a pioneering role to bring quantum jump in the productivity of sorghum in India. The legacy he has left behind will inspire the generations to come.
Foreword
Agricultural practices need to be climate resilient so that the production system remains sustainable over a long period of time in spite of changes in climatic conditions. Millets in general, with their inherent drought tolerance and ability to yield substantially under the most neglected crop management, are climate resilient. Besides, they are a good source of micronutrients and have low glycemic indices. Thus, they fit best in the current food and agricultural scenario. Sorghum or the ‘big millet’ represents nearly 60% of area being covered by millets across the world, mainly being cultivated by the resource-poor farmers of semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa. In addition to meeting the calorific requirement of the human population particularly in
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