Browntop millet [Brachiaria ramosa (L.) Stapf. or Urochloa ramosa (L.) T.Q. Nguyen] of family Poaceae has its origin in Southeast Asia. In India it is grown in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and is known as “korale” in Kannada; “andakorra” and “peda-sama” in Telugu. It is used as food, fodder and bird feed. This millet is gaining importance due to its high dietary fibre, protein and rich mineral content. It has shorter maturity time compared to many other millets. It can also be used as fast-growing cover crop. It can supress root-knot nematodes and its usage for remediation of contaminated soils is also reported.

                         Genetic and genomic resources play a very vital role in the improvement and utilization of any crop. But there is dearth of genomic resources in browntop millet. Bijapur Local germplasm was used to construct the draft genome and formed the basis of generating different types of genomic resources in this crop. Browntop millet Genomic Resources Database (BtMGRD) serves as a valuable resource containing information on genomic SSRs (45,630 including di, tri, tetra, penta and hexa-nucleotide repeats), Transcription factor (TF) genes (22,363) belonging to 60 TFs, gene families, transposable elements etc. The genomic resources generated in browntop millet would be useful for research community and breeders and will certainly augment the genetic research essential for its improvement.