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India is the largest producer of many kinds of millets, which are often referred as coarse cereals. However, realizing the nutrient richness of these grains they are now considered as� nutria-cereals. Small millets, as a group includes several grain crops namely finger millet (rage), kodo millet (varagu), and little (panivaragu). Though they occupy relatively a lower position among feed crops in Indian agriculture, they are quite important from the point of food security at regional and farm level. Millets are not only important for rural livelihoods, but for urban ones as well given their nutritional qualities. Millets provide the much needed food and fodder security especially to the vulnerable groups. It is pertinent to note that food security at national level will only be effective when regionally important crops are allowed to play their due role in meeting food and fodder needs fo the region and thus avoiding the undesirable dependence on other regions as well as a fewer number of food crops for meeting food needs. Foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) has been cultivated for 7000 years or so. It is native to China and regarded as an elite drought � tolerant crop (Cheng and Liu, 2003) foxtail is semi arid crop grown in India and Asia and form a staple food for the lower socio � economic class especially during drought or famine. They are consumed traditionally as health and vitality foods by the labour class. Foxtail yellow seeded cultivars, medicinally used as astringent of dyspepsia, poor digestion and food stagnancy in abdomen (Yeung, 1985). White seeds are refrigerant and used in treatment of cholera and fever while the green seeds are diuretic and strengthening to virility (Duke and Ayensu, 1985). It is also revealed that no previous work was carried out to enhance the production potentiality, morpho-physiological traits and biochemical parameters related to primary productivity. Hence the present investigation was carried out to enrich the primary metabolite product using different concentration of Auxin, [Indole-3 Acetic Acid (IAA)].