<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Harnessing wild relatives of pearl millet for germplasm enhancement: Challenges and opportunities"^^ . "Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is one of the world’s hardiest warmseason\r\ncereal crop and is cultivated mainly in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa\r\nfor food, feed, fodder, and brewing. It is mainly cultivated for its gluten-free grains\r\nwith high content and better quality of nutrients. Pearl millet is a resilient crop that\r\ncan produce grain and biomass under harsh conditions like low fertility, erratic rainfall,\r\nacidic and saline soils, and the hottest climates. However, biotic stresses such\r\nas downy mildew and blast diseases and abiotic stresses, especially drought and\r\nseedling- and flowering-stage heat stress, pose constant threat to the realization of\r\nyield potential of this crop. To make further improvement in threshold level of abiotic\r\nand biotic stress tolerance, breeders are looking for novel genes in diverse germplasm\r\nsources. Crop wild relatives (CWRs) could be a source of novel genes that are important\r\nfor diversification of the genetic base of pearl millet. A stage-gate process is proposed\r\nfor the efficient management of prebreeding programs using CWRs as a source\r\nof germplasm diversity and improvement. This article explains the various strategies\r\nfor capturing and using alleles for climate resilience traits improvement. This article\r\ncovers breeders’ perspectives on importance of using CWRs as germplasm source\r\nfor crop improvement. This article also describes the availability of CWRs, characterization\r\nof new traits and the strategies to be applied for the identification and\r\nintroduction of genes of interest in elite breeding lines and commercial varieties and\r\nhybrids of pearl millet."^^ . "2020-12" . . . "61" . "1" . . "Wiley"^^ . . . "Crop Science (TSI)"^^ . . . "0011183X" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "R K"^^ . "Srivastava"^^ . "R K Srivastava"^^ . . "R S"^^ . "Mahala"^^ . "R S Mahala"^^ . . "C T"^^ . "Satyavathi"^^ . "C T Satyavathi"^^ . . "R"^^ . "Sharma"^^ . "R Sharma"^^ . . "M K"^^ . "Gumma"^^ . "M K Gumma"^^ . . "B"^^ . "Kilian"^^ . "B Kilian"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Sharma"^^ . "S Sharma"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Govindaraj"^^ . "M Govindaraj"^^ . . . . . . "Harnessing wild relatives of pearl millet for germplasm enhancement: Challenges and opportunities (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Harnessing wild relatives.pdf"^^ . . . "Harnessing wild relatives of pearl millet for germplasm enhancement: Challenges and opportunities (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #11703 \n\nHarnessing wild relatives of pearl millet for germplasm enhancement: Challenges and opportunities\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Pearl Millet"@en . . . "Food and Nutrition"@en . . . "Germplasm"@en . .