eprintid: 8985
rev_number: 8
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1305
dir: disk0/00/00/89/85
datestamp: 2015-09-07 03:37:50
lastmod: 2015-09-07 03:40:48
status_changed: 2015-09-07 03:37:50
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Goudia, B D
creators_name: Hash, C T
icrisatcreators_name: Goudia, B D
icrisatcreators_name: Hash, C T
affiliation: ICRISAT (Niamey)
country: Niger
title: Breeding for high grain Fe and Zn levels in cereals
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.13
divisions: D4
crps: crp1.4
full_text_status: public
keywords: Bioavailability; Biofortification; Iron; Micronutrient Deficiency; Zinc
abstract: Micronutrients are known to play an important role in the metabolism and physiological activities of the human body. Unfortunately, over three billion people in the world are malnourished. The development of crops with enhanced mineral concentration is one of the most sustainable and cost effective approaches for alleviating micronutrient malnutrition. This review focuses on the progress made in the genetic enhancement of element mineral concentration in crops through plant breeding strategies. Biofortification is considered as a suitable strategy of increasing the bioavailable concentrations of an element in edible portions of crop plants through traditional breeding practices or modern biotechnology to overcome the problem of micronutrient deficiencies. Therefore, the combination of conventional breeding with modern genetic engineering approaches and quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis is important for developing crop cultivars with enhanced micronutrient concentrations to improve human health.
date: 2015-07
date_type: published
publication: International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies
volume: 12
number: 2
publisher: International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies (IJIAS)
pagerange: 342-354
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2028-9324
official_url: http://www.ijias.issr-journals.org/abstract.php?article=IJIAS-15-073-09
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citation:   Goudia, B D and Hash, C T  (2015) Breeding for high grain Fe and Zn levels in cereals.  International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, 12 (2).  pp. 342-354.  ISSN 2028-9324     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/8985/1/IJIAS-15-073-09.pdf