Table 8 in Drought Stress in Millets and Its Response Mechanism

Table 8. Potential traits/characters for screening millets crop for drought resistance. Millets CropTraitReferencesFoxtailRoot structure, grain weight, Dry root weight and root length, root thickness, shoot biomass, root depth, leaf area index, TSS, proline, ABA and JA phytohormones[29, 30, 31, 35]Pearl milletPlant height, biomass, panicle, stalk length, no. of leaves, total grain no.and weight, leaf water potential, rates of stomatal conductance, photosynthesis and transpiration Seed number per ear and ear number per plant number of tiller, harvest index ear, peduncle and ear length and plant height[23, 27, 31]Finger milletPlant height, leaf area total dry matter (TDM), root/shoot ratio by weight and length, grain yield and harvest index[18, 21, 22, 23]Barnyard milletPlant height, leaf area total dry matter (TDM), root/shoot ratio by weight and length, grain yield and harvest index[24, 25]Proso milletSeed number per ear and ear number per plant number of tiller, harvest index ear, peduncle and ear length and plant height[26, 31]