Climate change accelerated events force scientists to develop alternative strategies to cope up the situation without affecting food security. Foxtail millet is a model C4 plant, their properties such as drought tolerance, improved nutrient content with limited inputs makes this a potential crop for climate resilient studies. The C4 metabolism, growth, physiology and development of foxtail millet under elevated CO2 revealed that the yield can be improved with alterations in photosynthetic machinery. Further, the foxtail millet is drought tolerant; its potential of yield and under different water stress can be more beneficial. Moreover, from the literatures it can be evident that P and N nutrition supplementation enhances the drought tolerant capability of foxtail millet. Researchers across the globe has studied impact of elevated CO2 on the growth physiology and nutrient quality of seeds of this model C4 plant fox tail millet. However, microbial mediated climate smart agriculture is gaining momentum, research has sown AM fungi could tolerate and multiply on elevated CO2 and increase yield of crops.
Foxtail millet, AM fungi, elevated CO2, climate change
