Genomic tools in pearl millet breeding for drought tolerance: Status and prospects
Pearl millet (Penisetum glaucum (L) R. Br.) is a hardy cereal crop grown in the arid and semiarid tropics where other cereals are likely to fail to produce economic yields due to drought and heat stresses. Adaptive evolution, a form of natural selection shaped the crop to grow and yield satisfactori...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Plant Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.01724/full |