‘‘DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION STUDY ON DROUGHT STRESS RESPONSIVE GENES AND VALIDATION IN PEARLMILLET (Pennisetum glaucum L.)’’
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2013
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Abstract
Pearlmillet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) is an annual, cross
pollinating, monocot crop belonging to the family Poaceae and sub
family Penicedae. It is widely grown as a multi-purpose cereal grain
crop for feed, fodder, fuel and mulch over more than 26 million
hectares predominantly in the semi-arid tropics of sub-Saharan
Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Water deficit is one of the major
factors limiting crops production in the world. Despite the fact that
pearl millet is considered as a drought tolerant crop it suffers
substantial yield losses due to stress occurring at the end of growing
season. Thus, the yield enhancement under stress condition
requires a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in
drought tolerant genotypes.
The present work was carried out with aim to validate the
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Plant Biotechnology, Study