Stress Type: Biotic
Disease: Leaf, finger and neck blast
Causal Agent: Magnaporthe grisea
Cultivar Name: KM 252
Geographical: susceptible variety of finger millet used in the experiment for studying blast disease
Conditions: Natural field infection
Parts of the Plant: Leaf, neck, finger
Method Used for Infection: Naturally infected field samples
Techniques Used to Identify: TLC, GC-MS
Stress Type: Abiotic (Salt stress)
Cultivar Name: IE 518 (tolerant), IE 405 (sensitive)
Geographical: Nigeria (West Africa),Sudan (North-East Africa)
Conditions: Salt treatment during seedling stage
Parts of the Plant: Shoots (physiology); Whole plant (metabolomics)
Method Used for Infection: Salt stress induced via NaCl treatment in experimental setup
Techniques Used to Identify: Metabolomics, pathway enrichment analysis, physiological assays (FV/FM, Pn, Na⁺/K⁺ levels
Stress Type: Abiotic (Salt stress)
Cultivar Name: NIL
Geographical: NIL
Conditions: Greenhouse
Parts of the Plant: seeds
Method Used for Infection: NaCl stress (0 & 400 mM); primed & unprimed seedlings
Techniques Used to Identify: LC-MS/MS (phytohormones), GC-MS (VOCs)