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Gamma irradiation to induce beneficial mutants in proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.): an underutilized food crop.
International journal of radiation biology - 1 Jan 2022
Francis Neethu, Rajasekaran Ravikesavan, Krishnamoorthy Iyanar, Muthurajan Raveendran, Thiyagarajan Chitdeshwari, Alagarswamy Senthil
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PURPOSE: Proso millet is a potential crop for food, nutritional security, and sustainable agriculture, particularly in the context of climate change. It is one of the traditional millet crops in cultivation in Tamil Nadu and India. Self-pollinated nature of this crop makes evolutionary process a terminal one and creating variability to broaden the genetic base is important. The objective of the study was to...
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