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Biofortification through breeding interventions in lentil

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Title Biofortification through breeding interventions in lentil
 
Creator Kumar, Jitendra
 
Contributor Kant, Rohit
Quatadah, Syed Mohd
Agrawal, Shiv Kumar
Sarker, Ashutosh
 
Subject genetic
nutrient
variety
Lentil
 
Description Micronutrient deficiency affects more than two billion population worldwide especially in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The deficiency in human body is commonly described as “hidden hunger” leading to a range of health hazards including low birth weight, anemia, learning disabilities, increased morbidity and mortality rates, and high health-care costs. Biofortification of food crop varieties with essential micronutrients is one of the potential means to address micronutrient deficiencies through crop breeding techniques. Grain legumes constitute the prime source of vegetarian diet in the developing world. Among grain legumes, lentil is a rich source of protein and other minerals including iron, zinc, selenium, folates, carotenoids, and vitamins. A wide range of genetic variability has been reported among the lentil germplasm with regard to nutrient-related traits. Therefore, lentil has been identified an ideal crop for micronutrient biofortification and a possible whole food solution to the global micronutrient malnutrition. Here, we discuss the current status of breeding interventions in nutritional enhancement of lentil varieties.
 
Date 2016-01-23
2017-03-09T12:48:36Z
2017-03-09T12:48:36Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier https://mel.cgiar.org/dspace/limited
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-81-322-2716-8_12
Jitendra Kumar, Rohit Kant, Syed Mohd Quatadah, Shiv Kumar Agrawal, Ashutosh Sarker. (23/1/2016). Biofortification through breeding interventions in lentil, in "Biofortification of Food Crops". Berlin, Germany: Springer Verlag (Germany).
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/6345
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher Springer Verlag (Germany)