The Finger Millet Genome

Chapter 1. History, Botanical and Taxonomic Description, Domestication and Spread.- Chapter 2. Economic, Nutritional and Health Importance.- Chapter 3. Genetic and Genomic Resources for Crop Improvement in Finger Millet.- Chapter 4. Paradigm Shift from Genetics to Genomics: Characterization of Diversity and Prospects of Molecular Markers.- Chapter 5. Molecular Mapping in Finger Millet.- Chapter 6. The Complete Genome Sequence of Finger Millet.- Chapter 7. Comparative Genomics in Finger Millet.- Chapter 8. Finger Millet Transcriptome Analysis Using High Throughput Sequencing Technologies.- Chapter 9. Seed Biology and Packaging of Finger Millet Using Omics Approaches for Nutritional Security.- Chapter 10. A Nutritional Crop Factory of Quality Seed Storage Proteins for Combating Malnutrition.- Chapter 11. Finger Millet Genome Analysis and Nutrient Transport.- Chapter 12. Finger Millet as Input Use Efficient and Organic By Default Crop.- Chapter 13. Molecular Basis of Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Finger Millet.- Chapter 14. Genetic Transformation for Crop Improvement and Biofortification.- Chapter 15. Novel Prospective On Suppression of Ageing By The Consumption of Finger Millet.- Chapter 16. Finger Millet Holistic Value Chain Approach.

Dr. Anil Kumar is Director, Education, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi (UP). He has 35 years of research, teaching, and administrative experience in various capacities. Dr. Kumar has made outstanding research contributions in the area of Genomics for Crop Improvement especially in resolving the complexity of agriculturally important traits such as the Biotic stresses (Fungal Biology) and Mineral Nutrition. For the first time, he has identified several gene regulatory networks controlling important traits using multi-pronged OMICS approaches. He has played a pivotal role in identification of molecular markers for genetic diversity analysis and first-time dissecting QTLs for calcium and yield traits in finger millet through GBS analysis and also development of finger millet transcriptome database for defining grain calcium accumulation trait. The molecular insight developed for understanding the role of Dof TFs in regulation of NUE and accumulation of nutritionally rich seed storage proteins has enabled to identify genes encoding two seed storage proteins, namely FimA1 and FimP2, having 9% lysine and 16% methionine (Patents filed). Dr. Kumar has filed 11 patents (out of which 2 were granted) on synthesis of nano delivery vesicles for facilitation of uptake of fat-soluble vitamins, Nano-curcuminoids for better bioavailability and nano-iron pro-booster technology for agronomic bio-fortification. He has successfully developed the program on "Agriculture Biotechnology" to improve Brassica, Rice and Finger Millet and was able to obtain outstanding Programme Mode Support in Phase I & II from DBT, New Delhi. Dr Anil Kumar has made significant contributions in the establishment of a new building of Pantnagar Biotechnology Programme which is equipped with modern research and state of art facilities and several function-based laboratories. He has visited several countries and received excellent research exposure in international institutions. Dr