Tef: A tiny grain with enormous potential

Aiswarya Girija; Habte Jifar; Chris Jones; Rattan Yadav; John Doonan; Luis A.j. Mur

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2021.11.011

Tef: A tiny grain with enormous potential

Aiswarya Girija, Habte Jifar, Chris Jones, Rattan Yadav, John Doonan, Luis A.j. Mur

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Abstract

Tef is a highly nutritious gluten-free Ethiopian cereal with food-feed potential. However, its productivity is affected by lodging, weed infestation, terminal drought, small seed size, and shattering. Following the recent availability of tef genome sequences, we highlight the need to harness the benefits that this underutilised crop offers to improve food security.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	220-223
Number of pages	4
Journal	Trends in Plant Science
Volume	27
Issue number	3
Early online date	09 Feb 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2021.11.011
Publication status	Published - 01 Mar 2022

Keywords

Tef
cereal
gluten-free
livestock
nutrition
orphan crop
Eragrostis/genetics
Droughts
Edible Grain/genetics

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