Millets Exploring the Underutilized Potential for Sustainable Agriculture

PART I: MILLETS: INTRODUCTION

1. Nutritional Profile and Health Benefits of Millets

N. Anthony Baite, Dawa Dolma Bhutia, Nilutpal Saikia, Nitin Yadav, Mrinal Sen, and Chamin Chimyang

2. Biofortified Millets: An Approach to Nutritional Security

Anjali Rawat, Shabnam Thakur, Akarsha Raj, and Sudha Nandni

3. Small Millets: Ethnobotanical Study and Their Role in the Agricultural System of Tribal Communities

Laxmi Rawat, Sumit Chauhan, T. S. Bisht, Bhupesh Chandra Kabadwal, and Pankaj Kumar

PART II: UNDERUTILIZED MILLETS: PLANT PROTECTION ASPECTS

4. Diagnosis, Comprehensive Management, and Emergence of Resistance Mechanisms for Diseases and Insects Affecting Finger Millet

Anshul Arya, Sujata Singh Yadav, Sapna Tewari, and Sudha Nandni

5. Diseases of Pennisetum glaucum and Disease Resistance Mechanisms

Upma Dutta, Aarushi Chaudhary, Sachin Gupta, Moni Gupta, and Aayushi Chaudhary

6. Blast Disease of Finger Millet: A Major Threat to Nutritional Security

Bhagyashree Bhatt, Devanshi Pandit, Geeta Sharma, and Sudha Nandni

7. Abiotic Stress in Underutilized Millets and Their Management Strategies

Diksha Sharma, Niharika Pandey, Devanshu Dev, and Kumar Nishant Chourasia

8. Insect Pests of Millets and Their Management

Gaurava Kumar, Supriya Gupta, Suman Kumari, and Devanshu Dev

PART III: MILLETS: PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED BREEDING TECHNIQUES

9. Recent Advances in the Production Technology and Breeding of Pearl Millet

Apoorva Srivastava, Deepa Srivastava, Ragini Vishwakarma, Smriti Mall, and Kumar Nishant Chourasia

10. From Genes to Fields: Advancing Disease Resistance in Millet Crop Using Recent Tools

Lalit Patil, Shivani Jha, Pratiksha Biradar, and Shalaka Ahale

11.Advances in Genome Editing Technologies for Breeding Millets and Improving Human Nutrition

Sougata Bhattacharjee, Bipratip Dutta, Rakesh Bhowmick, Swarupa Nanda Mandal, Thribhuban R., Jitendra Kumar Meena, and Kumar Nishant Chourasia

12. Improving Stress Response of Millets Through Multi-Omics Approaches: A Climate Change Perspective

Shivani Jha, Lalit Pandurang Patil, and Gaurav Y. Rakhonde

PART IV: MILLETS: CLIMATE CHANGE PERSPECTIVE

13. Effect of Climate Shift on Diseases and Insect Pests of Millet Crops

Shweta, Arun Kumar, E. Chidanandappa, Rahul Purohit, Marjit Chandam, and Devanshu Dev

Biography

Devanshu Dev, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology at the Dr. Kalam Agricultural College, India. He earlier served as a Subject Matter Specialist at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Sheohar), part of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa. He has over seven years of experience in research, teaching, and the extension of plant disease management. He has published research papers along with book chapters and over 35 popular articles.

Saurabh Pandey, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, India. He has eight years of experience in areas of plant biotechnology. He has published about half a dozen research papers in various journals and authored many book chapters on molecular marker, genomics, plant breeding, and plant molecular virology, catering to the needs of modern agriculture research.

Sudha Nandini, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology at the Tirhut College of Agriculture of Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, India. Dr. Nandini has experience in research and teaching and extension of plant pathology and diseases and their management and mushroom cultivation technology. She has published research papers in international journals as well as book chapters and popular articles. She has received several awards for her work.

Sunidhi Mishra, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the College of Agriculture and Research Station, Kurud, of Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, India. She has more than eight years of experience in different areas of vegetable sciences. Currently, she is working on vegetable improvement of brinjal and potato. She has published more than a dozen research papers in journals of international repute as well as book chapters and popular articles.

Kumar Nishant Chourasia, PhD, is a Scientist at the Division of Crop Improvement at the ICARCentral Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, India. Dr. Chourasia has more than seven years of experience in research in the field of plant breeding and genetics in different crops like potato, tubers, and fiber crops and has also handled many projects related to those crops. He has published more than a dozen research papers as well as many book chapters and popular articles.