Introduction: Area, production, yield market and economic, impact of pearl millet research -- Management, characterization and conservation of pearl millet germplasm resources for trait discovery -- Breeidng climate reselient pearl millet cultivars for India -- Pearl millet genome sequencing: Utilization of sequencing information for pearl millet improvement -- Understanding mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance in pearl millet -- Approaches for understanding mechanism of pathogen resistance in pearl millet -- High density genotying and tait mapping for temperate environments -- Application of transcriptomic technology for trait mapping in pearl millet -- Application of next-generation sequencing technology for desease management in pearl millet.

This book entitled, The Pearl Millet Genome, is the first comprehensive compilation of deliberations on history, domestication, genetic and genomic resources, traditional breeding, genetic diversity, molecular maps and mapping of important biotic stress as well as nutritional quality traits, whole genome sequencing and comparative genomics, functional genomics, genetic transformation. The economic, nutritional, and health importance of the pearl millet is also discussed. It also presents the input use efficiency and wide adaptation of the crop. Altogether, the book will contain about 200 pages over 10 chapters authored by globally reputed experts on the relevant field in this crop. This book will be useful to the students, teachers, and scientists in the academia and relevant private companies interested in genetics, pathology, molecular genetics and breeding, genetic engineering, structural and functional genomics, and nutritional quality aspects of the crop. This book will also be also useful to seed and pharmaceutical industries.