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Little millet that are big on nutrition and yield identified at ICRISAT

  1. Newsletter Happenings In-house version 16 April 2021, No.1902 New research Little millet that are big on nutrition and yield identified at ICRISAT Ateam of researchers has zeroed in on little millet germplasm with high nutrients, high yield and biomass potential following analysis of the crop’s 200 landraces conserved at ICRISAT’s Genebank in India. These landraces hold the key to developing nutritious and high-yielding varieties of the crop, which can prove significant for food systems in drylands facing changing climate, the scientists say. The ICRISAT Genebank conserves 473 accessions of little millet landraces collected from different parts of India, and a few from Cameroon, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Researchers examined 200 of these for over two years and characterized them for nutrition (calcium, iron, zinc and protein), yield and biomass. They found 10 accessions with promising seed weight, 15 with high grain yield potential, 15 with high biomass yield potential and 30 with consistently high grain nutrients. One of the many millets, little millet is grown on nearly 0.26 million hectares in India, which produced about 0.12 million tons in 2018. Given its constitution, little millet can be consumed in various forms and can substitute rice as it can cook faster than other millets and it tastes similar to rice. It can also be milled into flour for use in baked or other foods. Little millet is a smart food- food that is good for consumers, hardy and thus good for farmers and environmentally sustainable. “Consumption of 100 g of little millet grains can potentially contribute to the recommended dietary allowance of up to 28% Fe, 37% Zn and 27% protein,” Dr Vetriventhan in a little millet field at ICRISAT. Photo: Venugopal R, ICRISAT
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