Genetics and Genomics Interventions for Promoting Millets as Functional Foods

Dhaka, Annvi; Singh, Roshan Kumar; Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan; Prasad, Manoj

doi:10.2174/1389202922666210225084212

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“…This observation is attributed to high radical scavenging or quenching activity in finger millet [17,18]. Millets are a rich source of antioxidants such as curcumin, quercetin and ellagic acid which act as immune boosters, and important in the health and wellbeing of children and young adults [19]. As Millets: Traditional "Poor Man's" Crop or Future Smart Nutri-Cereals?…”

Section: Millets Contribution To Nutrition and Healthmentioning

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Millets: Traditional “Poor Man’s” Crop or Future Smart Nutri-Cereals?

Bombom¹,

Kaweesi²,

Walugembe³

et al. 2024

Millets - Rediscover Ancient Grains

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Millets represent a diverse group of cereal crops of significance to sub-Saharan Africa and globally. However, they remain a set of crops with limited attention and priority paid to them with paucity of information on their genetic diversity and sustainable use. Existing knowledge on millets with respect to cultivation, health, and nutritional benefits, and contribution to sustainable environmental management, and use is mainly attributed to traditional indigenous knowledge held by rural folks in different regions of the continent. The emergence of other cereal staples, however, led to millets losing their place as an important crop limiting their use to a “famine” crop with production occurring on smallholdings among the marginalized poor. This threatens interest, patronage, conservation and use to sustainably and fully exploit the potential of millets for the benefit of society. Intertwined with tradition and culture, millets in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere nonetheless hold great promise to contribute to food security, revitalize and diversify diets, improve farmer livelihoods, resilience, and adaptation to climate change. This chapter discusses the importance of millets, challenges to production, contribution to nutrition and health, traditional knowledge and products, novel and non-traditional products, contribution to resilience and climate change, and diversity of available genetic resources.

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Section: Millets Contribution To Nutrition and Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Millets: Traditional “Poor Man’s” Crop or Future Smart Nutri-Cereals?

Bombom¹,

Kaweesi²,

Walugembe³

et al. 2024

Millets - Rediscover Ancient Grains

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“…The linear effect of blend ratio showed that with the increase in the blend ratio, the CP decreased (Fig 1a ) whereas the positive linear effect of curd showed that CP increased with the increase in the curd content (Fig 1b). This could be because of decrease in amount of quinoa flour from 1:1to 3:1 as the protein content of quinoa (16.89%) is more than that of finger millet (8.9%) (Dhaka and Prasad, 2020) and curd is known as excellent source of protein and contains protein with high biological value (Mckinley, 2005).…”

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Formulation and Numerical Optimization of Finger Millet and Quinoa Incorporated Eggless Doughnuts

Joshi¹,

Srivastava²,

Shahi³

et al. 2023

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Background: The consumption of finger millet and quinoa can be increased by partially substituting refined wheat flour (RWF) with these grains in popular snack food item doughnuts. The present study was conducted to formulate eggless doughnuts using composite flour of RWF, finger millet flour and quinoa flour. Method: Response Surface Methodology was used for optimization of process parameters for which seventeen different combinations of finger millet flour: quinoa flour (X1), butter (X2) and curd (X3) were taken as independent variables. The effect of independent variables on the responses (crude protein, crude fat, in vitro protein digestibility, springiness, flavor, appearance) was investigated. Result: Optimized doughnuts (X1=3:1, X2=16.712% of composite flour and X3=25% of composite flour) were formulated, analyzed and compared with control RWF doughnuts prepared under similar conditions for nutritional quality, hardness and sensory quality. Significantly higher values were observed for total ash, crude protein, crude fibre, hardness and springiness of optimized doughnuts in comparison to control RWF doughnuts whereas sensory evaluation showed non-significant difference except for color of the doughnuts. This study showed that the formulated eggless doughnuts were nutritious and could be a good substitute for the market based doughnuts especially for vegetarian people and who are allergic to egg protein.

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“…Millets are also rich in polyphenols, tannins, and phytosterols and are a good source of antioxidants. Millet consumption can provide a way to eliminate nutritional deficiencies (Dhaka et al 2021).…”

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Genetic Variation of Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.) Germplasm From Polewali Mandar West Sulawesi Based On Morphological Characters

Ramlah,

Indrastuti,

Rahmah

et al. 2024

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Foxtail millet (Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.) is a cereal crop that has long been domesticated worldwide and has been adopted as a model crop to provide a deeper understanding of plant biology. This plant has long been a mainstay of indigenous Indonesian people, especially in Polewali Mandar, West Sulawesi Province. This study aims to evaluate the genetic variation of foxtail millet germplasm from Polewali Mandar, West Sulawesi based on morphological characters. Three germplasm populations were collected from Polewali Mandar to assess genetic variation in millet germplasm. The observations of morphological traits were carried out based on the IBPGR of Setaria italica. Genetic variation in foxtail millet populations was measured using 28 morphological traits with nine qualitative and 19 quantitative characters. The research showed that seed color, stem diameter, plant height, panicle stalk length, and panicle stalk diameter had diverse variations. Cluster analysis of morphological characters using the UPGMA method shows a similarity coefficient ranging from 0.15-0.2. At a genetic similarity coefficient of 0.2, the three populations were divided into Cluster A and Cluster B. Cluster A consists of two populations (Minna' and Lasse'). In contrast, Cluster B consists of one population (Bulawang). The millet population SLB.C.3-SLB.A.1 has the highest genetic distance and is a potential candidate to be selected as a parent cross to produce higher het-erosis. Intensification of millet plant breeding programs is expected to increase the genetic basis for determining specific characteristics.

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Genetics and Genomics Interventions for Promoting Millets as Functional Foods

Cited by 10 publications

References 74 publications

Millets: Traditional “Poor Man’s” Crop or Future Smart Nutri-Cereals?

Millets: Traditional “Poor Man’s” Crop or Future Smart Nutri-Cereals?

Formulation and Numerical Optimization of Finger Millet and Quinoa Incorporated Eggless Doughnuts

Genetic Variation of Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.) Germplasm From Polewali Mandar West Sulawesi Based On Morphological Characters

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