Millets are cereal crops and small seed grasses, which are widely used in African and Asian countries. Since ages, these small crops were used for human consumption as well as a fodder for animals. Majorly cultivated in the semiarid tropical regions of Africa and Asia, around 97 percent of world’s overall millet production happens in these regions.

Since ages millets were commonly used to feed birds and animals, until the health benefits of theses superfoods were known to the world. However, in various parts of India, millets were used for a variety of dishes. Especially, for their incredible nutrient rich composition.

Bajra is high in proteins, iron, calcium, folic acid and prevents anemia. It is higher in calorie count than wheat. It also promotes a healthy nervous system. Many claim bajra is the key to a slim waist since it aids in burning fat. It helps to overcome acidity due to its alkaline nature.

Microsatellites are an important constituent of plant genome and distributed across entire genome.Presently, Millets SSR database is an integrated online database with "three-tier architecture"developed using PHP and MYSQL. It uses de novo millets genome assembly of NCBI as an invaluable resource to mine putative SSR markers and generate its primers.These putative markers can be used for linkage mapping, gene/QTL discovery. If physical location of the gene is known, it can be introgressed using closely linked SSR loci having allelic size difference in parental lines. These set of putative markers can be used in diversity analysis, traceability and variety identification.