Iron-biofortification in rice by the introduction of three barley genes participated in mugineic acid biosynthesis with soybean ferritin gene

H Masuda, T Kobayashi, Y Ishimaru… - Frontiers in plant …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Iron deficiency is a serious problem around the world, especially in developing countries.
The production of iron-biofortified rice will help ameliorate this problem. Previously …

Iron biofortification of rice using different transgenic approaches

H Masuda, MS Aung, NK Nishizawa - Rice, 2013 - Springer
More than 2 billion people suffer from iron (Fe) deficiency, and developing crop cultivars with
an increased concentration of micronutrients (biofortification) can address this problem. In …

Iron biofortification in rice by the introduction of multiple genes involved in iron nutrition

H Masuda, Y Ishimaru, MS Aung, T Kobayashi… - Scientific reports, 2012 - nature.com
To address the problem of iron-deficiency anemia, one of the most prevalent human
micronutrient deficiencies globally, iron-biofortified rice was produced using three transgenic …

Rice endosperm iron biofortification by targeted and synergistic action of nicotianamine synthase and ferritin

J Wirth, S Poletti, B Aeschlimann… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Nearly one‐third of the world's population, mostly women and children, suffer from iron
malnutrition and its consequences, such as anaemia or impaired mental development. Iron …

Enhanced Grain Iron Levels in Rice Expressing an IRON-REGULATED METAL TRANSPORTER, NICOTIANAMINE SYNTHASE, and FERRITIN Gene Cassette

K Boonyaves, TY Wu, W Gruissem… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Micronutrient malnutrition is widespread, especially in poor populations across the globe,
and iron deficiency anemia is one of the most prevalent forms of micronutrient deficiencies …

Enhanced iron and zinc accumulation in transgenic rice with the ferritin gene

M Vasconcelos, K Datta, N Oliva, M Khalekuzzaman… - Plant Science, 2003 - Elsevier
In this report, we show that the expression of the soybean ferritin gene, driven by the
endosperm-specific glutelin promoter, leads to higher iron and zinc levels in transgenic …

Iron accumulation does not parallel the high expression level of ferritin in transgenic rice seeds

LQ Qu, T Yoshihara, A Ooyama, F Goto, F Takaiwa - Planta, 2005 - Springer
To answer the question whether iron accumulation in transgenic rice seeds depends on the
expression level of exogenous soybean ferritin, we generated two kinds of ferritin hyper …

Iron biofortification of Myanmar rice

MS Aung, H Masuda, T Kobayashi… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Iron (Fe) deficiency elevates human mortality rates, especially in developing countries. In
Myanmar, the prevalence of Fe-deficient anemia in children and pregnant women are 75 …

Molecular breeding of Osfer2 gene to increase iron nutrition in rice grain

S Paul, N Ali, D Gayen, SK Datta, K Datta - GM crops & food, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Rice being a staple food, contains little iron in the edible grain. To increase the iron nutrition
in rice grains, our present study highlights the first time development of high iron rice grain …

Increase in iron and zinc concentrations in rice grains via the introduction of barley genes involved in phytosiderophore synthesis

H Masuda, M Suzuki, KC Morikawa, T Kobayashi… - Rice, 2008 - Springer
Increasing the iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) concentrations of staple foods, such as rice, could
solve Fe and Zn deficiencies, which are two of the most serious nutritional problems …