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Biofortification - A promising approach to enhance iron and zinc content in cowpea

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Title Biofortification - A promising approach to enhance iron and zinc content in cowpea
 
Creator Yadav, Preeti
Dhankhar, SK
Mehar, Ram
Yadav, VK
 
Subject Challenge, Fortification
Malnutrition, Micronutrients
Nutritional Security
Pant lobia-1-5
 
Description 877-885
More than half of the world's population is known to suffer from micronutrient malnutrition, which is one of the biggest
threats to humanity. Biofortification, a method of breeding nutrients into food crops, is one strategy to address the problem
of micronutrient malnutrition. It offers a comparatively affordable, sustainable, and long-term way of providing more
micronutrients to rural populations in developing countries. Cowpea is an important pulse crop for global food security and
population health due to its high nutritional and nutraceutical values. At present, agronomic, conventional plant breeding,
genetic modification and microbial interventions are common methods for biofortification. Agronomic biofortification is the
application of fertilizers to increase the micronutrients in edible parts. Due to their distinct structural traits and great
efficacy, the use of nanomaterials as fertilizers has become a viable alternative to conventional fertilizers. Breeding
procedures involve identifying genetic variation, testing their stability and determining the feasibility of breeding to increase
mineral content in edible tissues without altering yields or other quality attributes. When genetic variations are not present
then genetic transformation i.e., Biofortification with the help of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria is microbial
biofortification. Among them, agronomic biofortification is simple, easy, inexpensive and quick but in the long term,
conventional plant breeding is more stable and cost-effective. Pant lobia-1, 2,3,4,5 are some popular iron and zinc
biofortified cowpea varieties developed through conventional breeding. Although some research work has been done in
cowpea regarding iron and zinc biofortification, supporting extensive prospective studies on evaluating the results of
nutritional fortification is a major challenge.
 
Date 2024-01-12T11:17:00Z
2024-01-12T11:17:00Z
2024-01
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-0959 (Online); 0301-1208 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/63190
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijbb.v60i12.6415
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJBB Vol.60(12) [December 2023]