Table 2.

Genetic manipulations for improving abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in finger millet.

Gene name	Source of the gene	Stress tolerance	Reference
EcDehydrin7	Finger millet	Over expression of EcDehydrin7 induce abiotic stress tolerances	Singh R.K. et al., 2014
Ec-apx1	Finger millet	Expression increased under drought	Bhatt et al., 2013
Metallothionein	Finger millet	Induced under drought	Parvathi et al., 2013
Farnesylated protein ATFP6	Finger millet	Induced under drought	Parvathi et al., 2013
Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase	Finger millet	Induced under drought	Parvathi et al., 2013
Protein phosphatase 2A	Finger millet	Induced under drought	Parvathi et al., 2013
RISBZ4	Finger millet	Induced under drought	Parvathi et al., 2013
NAC 67	Finger millet	Tolerance against salinity and drought stress in rice	Rahman et al., 2016
mtlD	Bacteria	Over expression induced multiple stress tolerance	Hema et al., 2014
monodehydroascorbate reductase	Finger millet	Over expression induced drought, salt and UV radiation tolerance	Sudan et al., 2015
C2H2 type of zinc finger transcription factors (TFs)	foxtail millet	Salinity, dehydration and cold stress	Muthamilarasan et al., 2014
EcNAC1	Finger millet	Abiotic stress tolerance	Ramegowda et al., 2012
EcJAZ	Finger millet	Over expression induces abiotic and biotic stress tolerance	Sen et al., 2016