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Molecular Breeding Approaches for Biofortification of Cereal Crops

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https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-4308-9_3
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4308-9_15
 
Title Molecular Breeding Approaches for Biofortification of Cereal Crops
 
Creator Sharma, V
Prakash, N R
Kumar, A
 
Subject Genetic Engineering
Cereals
Biofortification
 
Description Over three billion population in this world is suffering from micronutrient malnutrition; among them women and children are more sufferers, mainly in developing countries. The effective and sustainable way to enhance the food value is by breeding cereal crops having a good amount of micronutrient content. Several reports of quantitative trait locus (QTL)/loci for iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) content in rice, wheat, and millets; provitamin A, vitamin E, and quality protein in maize; starch content in rye; and malting quality in barley have been discussed in detail. A detailed discussion was also made on molecular approaches for biofortification, viz., dissection of genome-wide genomic regions linked with biofortification traits, marker-assisted selection (MAS), and genomic selection. This chapter emphasizes a different breeding approach to develop micronutrient-rich cereal cultivars to overcome malnutrition and ultimately eradicate hidden hunger.
 
Publisher Springer Nature
 
Contributor Deshmukh, R
Nadaf, A
Ansari, W A
Singh, K
 
Date 2023-02-15
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Identifier Sharma, V and Prakash, N R and Kumar, A (2023) Molecular Breeding Approaches for Biofortification of Cereal Crops. In: Biofortification in Cereals Progress and Prospects. Biofortification in Cereals . Springer Nature, Switzerland, pp. 59-91. ISBN 978-981-19-4307-2