Publications
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| development and molecular characterization of genic molecular markers for grain protein and calcium content in finger millet (eleusine coracana (l.) gaertn.). | finger millet (eleusine coracana (l.) gaertn), holds immense agricultural and economic importance for its high nutraceuticals quality. finger millets seeds are rich source of calcium and its proteins are good source of essential amino acids. in the present study, we developed 36 est-ssr primers for the opaque2 modifiers and 20 anchored-ssr primers for calcium transporters and calmodulin for analysis of the genetic diversity of 103 finger millet genotypes for grain protein and calcium contents. o ... | 2014 | 24477581 |
| isolation, characterization and immunolocalization of a seed dominant cam from finger millet (eleusine coracana l. gartn.) for studying its functional role in differential accumulation of calcium in developing grains. | to understand the exceptional high grain calcium accumulation in finger millet grains, a calmodulin (cam) gene that is strongly expressed during developing spikes of high grain calcium genotype was further characterized. using 5'-3' race, the full-length cam open reading frame (orf) was isolated and the deduced protein sequence showed the presence of four characteristic ef motifs. phylogenetic analysis showed that the finger millet cam (eleusine coracana calmodulin [eccam]) was identical to the ... | 2014 | 24469585 |
| arabinoxylan from finger millet (eleusine coracana, v. indaf 15) bran: purification and characterization. | water unextractable portion from finger millet bran was sequentially extracted with saturated barium hydroxide (be) and 1m potassium hydroxide (ke) solutions. they consisted preponderantly of arabinose and xylose in different ratios. ferulic, caffeic, coumaric and vanillic acids were identified as major bound phenolic acids. be and ke were purified on deae-cellulose column by eluting successively with different eluants. the major fractions (0.1 m ammonium carbonate) were resolved into one (be) a ... | 2014 | 24274572 |
| salt tolerance and activity of antioxidative enzymes of transgenic finger millet overexpressing a vacuolar h(+)-pyrophosphatase gene (sbvppase) from sorghum bicolor. | a vacuolar proton pyrophosphatase cdna clone was isolated from sorghum bicolor (sbvppase) using end-to-end gene-specific primer amplification. it showed 80-90% homology at the nucleotide and 85-95% homology at the amino acid level with other vppases. the gene was introduced into expression vector pcambia1301 under the control of the cauliflower mosaic virus 35s (camv35s) promoter and transformed into agrobacterium tumifaciens strain lba4404 to infect embryogenic calli of finger millet (eleusine ... | 2014 | 24877670 |
| physiological role of a multigrain diet in metabolic regulations of lipid and antioxidant profiles in hypercholesteremic rats: multigrain diet in hyperlipemia. | the objective of the present study was to investigate the lipid and the antioxidant regulatory potential of a multigrain diet in laboratory animals with reference to lipid profiles, tissue lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status. | 2014 | 25780697 |
| an endophytic fungus isolated from finger millet (eleusine coracana) produces anti-fungal natural products. | finger millet is an ancient african cereal crop, domesticated 7000 years ago in ethiopia, reaching india at 3000 bc. finger millet is reported to be resistant to various fungal pathogens including fusarium sp. we hypothesized that finger millet may host beneficial endophytes (plant-colonizing microbes) that contribute to the antifungal activity. here we report the first isolation of endophyte(s) from finger millet. five distinct fungal species were isolated from roots and predicted taxonomically ... | 2015 | 26539183 |
| risk of soil recontamination due to using eleusine coracana and panicum maximum straw after phytoremediation of picloram. | this study aimed to evaluate the herbicidal activity of picloram on the biomass of the remediation plants eleusine coracana and panicum maximum after cultivation in a soil contaminated with this herbicide. these species were grown in three soils, differentiated based on texture (clayish, middle, and sandy, with 460, 250, and 40 g kg(-1) of the clay, respectively), previously contaminated with picloram (0, 80, and 160 g ha(-1)). after 90 days, the plants were harvested and an extract was produced ... | 2015 | 25409243 |
| genetic diversity and genomic resources available for the small millet crops to accelerate a new green revolution. | small millets are nutrient-rich food sources traditionally grown and consumed by subsistence farmers in asia and africa. they include finger millet (eleusine coracana), foxtail millet (setaria italica), kodo millet (paspalum scrobiculatum), proso millet (panicum miliaceum), barnyard millet (echinochloa spp.), and little millet (panicum sumatrense). local farmers value the small millets for their nutritional and health benefits, tolerance to extreme stress including drought, and ability to grow u ... | 2015 | 25852710 |
| genetic diversity in tef [eragrostis tef (zucc.) trotter]. | tef [eragrostis tef (zucc.) trotter] is a cereal crop resilient to adverse climatic and soil conditions, and possessing desirable storage properties. although tef provides high quality food and grows under marginal conditions unsuitable for other cereals, it is considered to be an orphan crop because it has benefited little from genetic improvement. hence, unlike other cereals such as maize and wheat, the productivity of tef is extremely low. in spite of the low productivity, tef is widely culti ... | 2015 | 25859251 |
| identification and characterization of calcium transporter gene family in finger millet in relation to grain calcium content. | calcium (ca) is an essential mineral for proper growth and development of plants as well as animals. in plants including cereals, calcium is deposited in seed during its development which is mediated by specialized ca transporters. common cereal seeds contain very low amounts of ca while the finger millet (eleusine coracana) contains exceptionally high amounts of ca in seed. in order to understand the role of ca transporters in grain ca accumulation, developing seed transcriptome of two finger m ... | 2015 | 25869323 |
| drying kinetics of syrup of parinari curatellifolia fruit and cereal based product, zvambwa. | drying properties of syrup prepared from parinari curatellifolia fruit and cereal based product, zvambwa prepared from the syrup and finger millet (eleusine coracana) meal were studied using a convective tray drier at temperatures ranging from 30 to 80 °c and air velocity of 0.72 m/s. nine mathematical models namely henderson and pabis, lewis, midilli et al., modified page, page, two term, weibull, modified page equation (ii) and wang and singh were fitted to data for thin layer drying of the pr ... | 2015 | 26243916 |
| nutrient profile of porridge made from eleusine coracana (l.) grains: effect of germination and fermentation. | porridge (koozh) is one of the traditional foods made from eleusine coracana l. grains (finger millet). it is a soft food prepared from processed (germinated & fermented) finger millet flour (fmf). however, in the modern world of fast food, koozh is usually prepared from non-processed (non-germinated & non-fermented) fmf. hence, present study was undertaken to evaluate the macro and micro nutrient contents in koozh prepared from germinated (fermented & non-fermented) and non-germinated (fermente ... | 2015 | 26345023 |
| immunomodulatory activity of purified arabinoxylans from finger millet (eleusine coracana, v. indaf 15) bran. | biological activities of alkali extracted (barium hydroxide: be-480 kda, potassium hydroxide: ke1-1080 and ke2-40 kda), purified arabinoxylans (ax) from the finger millet bran varying in their molecular weight, phenolic acid content, arabinose to xylose ratios were evaluated for their immune-stimulatory activities using murine lymphocytes and peritoneal exudate macrophages. all three purified ax displayed significant (p < 0.001) mitogenic activity and activation of macrophages including phagocyt ... | 2015 | 26345027 |
| whole plant acclimation responses by finger millet to low nitrogen stress. | the small grain cereal, finger millet (fm, eleusine coracana l. gaertn), is valued by subsistence farmers in india and east africa as a low-input crop. it is reported by farmers to require no added nitrogen (n), or only residual n, to produce grain. exact mechanisms underlying the acclimation responses of fm to low n are largely unknown, both above and below ground. in particular, the responses of fm roots and root hairs to n or any other nutrient have not previously been reported. given its low ... | 2015 | 26347768 |
| overexpression of ecbhlh57 transcription factor from eleusine coracana l. in tobacco confers tolerance to salt, oxidative and drought stress. | basic helix-loop-helix (bhlh) transcription factors constitute one of the largest families in plants and are known to be involved in various developmental processes and stress tolerance. we report the characterization of a stress responsive bhlh transcription factor from stress adapted species finger millet which is homologous to osbhlh57 and designated as ecbhlh57. the full length sequence of ecbhlh57 consisted of 256 amino acids with a conserved bhlh domain followed by leucine repeats. in fing ... | 2015 | 26366726 |
| oxidative stress induced expression of monodehydroascorbate reductase gene in eleusine coracana. | abiotic stresses constitute a serious threats to the world food security as they cause significant economic losses in terms of reduction in crop productivity and also greatly limit the geographical locations where crops can be grown. exposure to abiotic stress causes over-production of reactive oxygen species, leading to oxidative stress in plants. induction of oxidative stress is primarily responsible for a variety of detrimental changes in the cellular physiology. however, plants have evolved ... | 2015 | 26600681 |
| finger millet [eleusine coracana (l.) gaertn]. | millets are the primary food source for millions of people in tropical regions of the world supplying mineral nutrition and protein. in this chapter, we describe an optimized protocol for the agrobacterium-mediated transformation of finger millet variety gpu 45. agrobacterium strain lba4404 harboring plasmid pcambia1301 which contains hygromycin phosphotransferase (hph) as selectable marker gene and β-glucuronidase (gus) as reporter gene has been used. this protocol utilizes the shoot apex expla ... | 2015 | 25300836 |
| assessment of genetic diversity, population structure and relationships in indian and non-indian genotypes of finger millet (eleusine coracana (l.) gaertn) using genomic ssr markers. | we evaluated the genetic variation and population structure in indian and non-indian genotypes of finger millet using 87 genomic ssr primers. the 128 finger millet genotypes were collected and genomic dna was isolated. eighty-seven genomic ssr primers with 60-70 % gc contents were used for pcr analysis of 128 finger millet genotypes. the pcr products were separated and visualized on a 6 % polyacrylamide gel followed by silver staining. the data were used to estimate major allele frequency using ... | 2016 | 26900542 |
| over-expression of a nac 67 transcription factor from finger millet (eleusine coracana l.) confers tolerance against salinity and drought stress in rice. | nac proteins (nam (no apical meristem), ataf (arabidopsis transcription activation factor) and cuc (cup-shaped cotyledon)) are plant-specific transcription factors reported to be involved in regulating growth, development and stress responses. salinity responsive transcriptome profiling in a set of contrasting finger millet genotypes through rna-sequencing resulted in the identification of a nac homolog (ecnac 67) exhibiting differential salinity responsive expression pattern. | 2016 | 27213684 |
| gibberellin deficiency confers both lodging and drought tolerance in small cereals. | tef [eragrostis tef (zucc.) trotter] and finger millet [eleusine coracana gaertn] are staple cereal crops in africa and asia with several desirable agronomic and nutritional properties. tef is becoming a life-style crop as it is gluten-free while finger millet has a low glycemic index which makes it an ideal food for diabetic patients. however, both tef and finger millet have extremely low grain yields mainly due to moisture scarcity and susceptibility of the plants to lodging. in this study, th ... | 2016 | 27242844 |
| malting process optimization for protein digestibility enhancement in finger millet grain. | finger millet (eleusine coracana) is a nutritious, gluten-free, and drought resistant cereal containing high amounts of protein, carbohydrate, and minerals. however, bio-availability of these nutrients is restricted due to the presence of an excessive level of anti-nutrient components, mainly phytic acid, tannin, and oxalate. it has been shown that a well-designed malting/germination process can significantly reduce these anti-nutrients and consequently enhance the nutrient availability. in the ... | 2016 | 27413219 |
| tracing qtls for leaf blast resistance and agronomic performance of finger millet (eleusine coracana (l.) gaertn.) genotypes through association mapping and in silico comparative genomics analyses. | finger millet is one of the small millets with high nutritive value. this crop is vulnerable to blast disease caused by pyricularia grisea, which occurs annually during rainy and winter seasons. leaf blast occurs at early crop stage and is highly damaging. mapping of resistance genes and other quantitative trait loci (qtls) for agronomic performance can be of great use for improving finger millet genotypes. evaluation of one hundred and twenty-eight finger millet genotypes in natural field condi ... | 2016 | 27415007 |
| nutraceutical value of finger millet [eleusine coracana (l.) gaertn.], and their improvement using omics approaches. | the science of nutritional biology has progressed extensively over the last decade to develop food-based nutraceuticals as a form of highly personalized medicine or therapeutic agent. finger millet [eleusine coracana (l.) gaertn.] is a crop with potentially tremendous but under-explored source of nutraceutical properties as compared to other regularly consumed cereals. in the era of growing divide and drawback of nutritional security, these characteristics must be harnessed to develop finger mil ... | 2016 | 27446162 |
| evaluation of nutraceutical and antinutritional properties in barnyard and finger millet varieties grown in himalayan region. | five elite varieties of barnyard (echinochloa frumentacea) and finger (eleusine coracana) growing at northwestern himalaya were investigated for nutraceutical and antinutritional properties. barnyard millet contained higher amount of crude fiber, total dietary fiber, tryptophan content, total carotenoids, α-tocopherol compared to the finger millet whereas the finger millet contains higher amount of methionine and ascorbic acid as compared to the barnyard millet. the secondary metabolites of biol ... | 2016 | 27478234 |
| intervarietal variations in various oxidative stress markers and antioxidant potential of finger millet (eleusine coracana) subjected to drought stress. | drought is a major form of abiotic stress leading to lower crop productivity. experiment was carried out for selecting the most tolerant genotype among six different genotypes of finger millet under drought stress. seeds of six finger millet genotypes were sown in pots and grown for 35 days. after this period, drought was induced by withholding watering for stressed plants while control plants were watered regularly for comparison. among all six different varieties of finger millet screened (pr2 ... | 2016 | 27498495 |
| proteomic analysis of jaz interacting proteins under methyl jasmonate treatment in finger millet. | jasmonic acid (ja) signaling pathway in plants is activated against various developmental processes as well as biotic and abiotic stresses. the jasmonate zim-domain (jaz) protein family, the key regulator of plant ja signaling pathway, also participates in phytohormone crosstalk. this is the first study revealing the in vivo interactions of finger millet (eleusine coracana (l.) gaertn.) jaz protein (ecjaz) under methyl jasmonate (mj) treatment. the aim of the study was to explore not only the ja ... | 2016 | 27423073 |
| gene discovery and advances in finger millet [eleusine coracana (l.) gaertn.] genomics-an important nutri-cereal of future. | the rapid strides in molecular marker technologies followed by genomics, and next generation sequencing advancements in three major crops (rice, maize and wheat) of the world have given opportunities for their use in the orphan, but highly valuable future crops, including finger millet [eleusine coracana (l.) gaertn.]. finger millet has many special agronomic and nutritional characteristics, which make it an indispensable crop in arid, semi-arid, hilly and tribal areas of india and africa. the c ... | 2016 | 27881984 |
| calcium biofortification: three pronged molecular approaches for dissecting complex trait of calcium nutrition in finger millet (eleusine coracana) for devising strategies of enrichment of food crops. | calcium is an essential macronutrient for plants and animals and plays an indispensable role in structure and signaling. low dietary intake of calcium in humans has been epidemiologically linked to various diseases which can have serious health consequences over time. major staple food-grains are poor source of calcium, however, finger millet [eleusine coracana (l.) gaertn.], an orphan crop has an immense potential as a nutritional security crop due to its exceptionally high calcium content. und ... | 2016 | 28144246 |
| insights using the molecular model of lipoxygenase from finger millet (eleusine coracana (l.)). | lipoxygenase-1 (lox-1) protein provides defense against pests and pathogens and its presence have been positively correlated with plant resistance against pathogens. linoleate is a known substrate of lipoxygenase and it induces necrosis leading to the accumulation of isoflavonoid phytoalexins in plant leaves. therefore, it is of interest to study the structural features of lox-1 from finger millet. however, the structure oflox-1 from finger millet is not yet known. a homology model of lox-1 from ... | 2016 | 28149050 |
| identification and molecular characterization of 48 kda calcium binding protein as calreticulin from finger millet (eleusine coracana) using peptide mass fingerprinting and transcript profiling. | attempts were made to identify and characterize the calcium binding proteins (cabps) in grain filling stages of finger millet using proteomics, bioinformatics and molecular approaches. | 2016 | 25684084 |
| phytoremediation potential of some agricultural plants on heavy metal contaminated mine waste soils, salem district, tamilnadu. | the pot culture experiment performed for phytoextraction potential of selected agricultural plants [millet (eleusine coracana), mustard (brassica juncea), jowar (sorghum bicolor), black gram (vigna mungo), pumpkin (telfairia occidentalis)] grown in metal contaminated soils around the salem region, tamilnadu, india. physiochemical characterization of soils, reported as low to medium level of n, p, k was found in test soils. the cr content higher in mine soils than control and the values are 0.176 ... | 2016 | 26366709 |
| scar marker specific to detect magnaporthe grisea infecting finger millets (eleusine coracana). | to determine the molecular variability and develop specific sequence characterized amplified region (scar) marker for the detection of magnaporthe grisea causing blast disease in finger millet. | 2016 | 27328753 |
| host specialization of the blast fungus magnaporthe oryzae is associated with dynamic gain and loss of genes linked to transposable elements. | magnaporthe oryzae (anamorph pyricularia oryzae) is the causal agent of blast disease of poaceae crops and their wild relatives. to understand the genetic mechanisms that drive host specialization of m. oryzae, we carried out whole genome resequencing of four m. oryzae isolates from rice (oryza sativa), one from foxtail millet (setaria italica), three from wild foxtail millet s. viridis, and one isolate each from finger millet (eleusine coracana), wheat (triticum aestivum) and oat (avena sativa) ... | 2016 | 27194050 |
| characterization of antifungal natural products isolated from endophytic fungi of finger millet (eleusine coracana). | finger millet is an ancient african-indian crop that is resistant to many pathogens including the fungus, fusarium graminearum. we previously reported the first isolation of putative fungal endophytes from finger millet and showed that the crude extracts of four strains had anti-fusarium activity. however, active compounds were isolated from only one strain. the objectives of this study were to confirm the endophytic lifestyle of the three remaining anti-fusarium isolates, to identify the major ... | 2016 | 27598120 |
| a potent bidirectional promoter from the monocot cereal eleusine coracana. | ragi bifunctional α-amylase-trypsin inhibitor (rbi) of eleusine coracana (l.) gaertn. (finger millet) simultaneously inhibits α-amylase and trypsin. in continuation of previous work on the cloning, expression and characterization of rbi, a bidirectional promoter from finger millet was explored on the basis of experimental observations. two trypsin inhibitors were identified while purifying rbi from a trypsin-sepharose column eluent. using an fplc gel filtration column, these three inhibitors wer ... | 2016 | 27460530 |
| evaluation of health potential of nutritionally enriched kodo millet (eleusine coracana) grown in himachal pradesh, india. | in this study, kodo millet grains were phytochemically investigated for their nutritional and antioxidant potential for their use as functional foods. methanolic extracts of grains showed higher phenolic content and antioxidant activity. tlc studies of the extracted polyphenols from kodo millet showed the predominant presence of ferulic acid and cinnamic acid in the millet. further quantification of these polyphenols was done by using hplc, analysing ferulic acid and cinnamic acid. antagonistic ... | 2017 | 27507461 |
| computational identification of micrornas and their targets from finger millet (eleusine coracana). | micrornas are endogenous small rnas regulating intrinsic normal growth and development of plant. discovering mirnas, their targets and further inferring their functions had become routine process to comprehend the normal biological processes of mirnas and their roles in plant development. in this study, we used homology-based analysis with available expressed sequence tag of finger millet (eleusine coracana) to predict conserved mirnas. three potent mirnas targeting 88 genes were identified. the ... | 2017 | 26496774 |
| land-use change in indian tropical agro-ecosystems: eco-energy estimation for socio-ecological sustainability. | this study was carried out to understand the ecological and economic sustainability of floriculture and other main crops in indian agro-ecosystems. the cultivation practices of four major flower crops, namely jasminum multiflorum, crossandra infundibuliformis, chrysanthemum and tagetes erecta, were studied in detail. the production cost of flowers in terms of energy was calculated to be 99,622-135,996 compared to 27,681-69,133 mj ha(-1) for the main crops, namely oryza sativa, eleusine coracana, ... | 2017 | 28315232 |
| expression of four phosphate transporter genes from finger millet (eleusine coracana l.) in response to mycorrhizal colonization and pi stress. | phosphorus (p) is a vital nutrient for plant growth and development, and is absorbed in cells with the help of membrane-spanning inorganic phosphate transporter (pht) protein. symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhiza (am) also helps in transporting p from the soil to plant and pht proteins play an important role in it. to understand this phenomenon in finger mille plant, we have cloned four pht genes from finger millet, which shares the homology with pht1 protein family of cereals. expression patter ... | 2017 | 28391483 |