Biofortified crops generated by breeding, agronomy, and transgenic approaches are improving lives of millions of people around the world

M Garg, N Sharma, S Sharma, P Kapoor… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Biofortification is an upcoming, promising, cost-effective, and sustainable technique of
delivering micronutrients to a population that has limited access to diverse diets and other …

Connections between amino acid metabolisms in plants: lysine as an example

Q Yang, D Zhao, Q Liu - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Extensive efforts have been made to fortify essential amino acids and boost nutrition in
plants, but unintended effects on growth and physiology are also observed. Understanding …

CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated targeted mutagenesis of GmFT2a delays flowering time in soya bean

Y Cai, L Chen, X Liu, C Guo, S Sun… - Plant biotechnology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Flowering is an indication of the transition from vegetative growth to reproductive growth and
has considerable effects on the life cycle of soya bean (Glycine max). In this study, we …

Generation of a multiplex mutagenesis population via pooled CRISPR‐Cas9 in soya bean

M Bai, J Yuan, H Kuang, P Gong, S Li… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The output of genetic mutant screenings in soya bean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] has been
limited by its paleopolypoid genome. CRISPR‐Cas9 can generate multiplex mutants in …

The regulation of essential amino acid synthesis and accumulation in plants

G Galili, R Amir, AR Fernie - Annual review of plant biology, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Although amino acids are critical for all forms of life, only proteogenic amino acids that
humans and animals cannot synthesize de novo and therefore must acquire in their diets …

Biofortification under climate change: the fight between quality and quantity

A Maqbool, M Abrar, A Bakhsh, S Çalışkan… - … , climate, plant and …, 2020 - Springer
Climate change has been a serious problem in our industrialized world for the last century.
We have faced its devastating effects on the environment, agriculture and human …

[HTML][HTML] Generation of seed lipoxygenase-free soybean using CRISPR-Cas9

J Wang, H Kuang, Z Zhang, Y Yang, L Yan, M Zhang… - The Crop Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Beany flavor induced by three lipoxygenases (LOXs, including LOX1, LOX2, and LOX3)
restricts human consumption of soybean. It is desirable to generate lipoxygenase-free new …

Targeting nitrogen metabolism and transport processes to improve plant nitrogen use efficiency

SV The, R Snyder, M Tegeder - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In agricultural cropping systems, relatively large amounts of nitrogen (N) are applied for
plant growth and development, and to achieve high yields. However, with increasing N …

[HTML][HTML] Biofortification of cereals and pulses using new breeding techniques: current and future perspectives

R Shahzad, S Jamil, S Ahmad, A Nisar, S Khan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cereals and pulses are consumed as staple food in low income countries for fulfillment of
daily dietary requirements and as source of micronutrients. However they are failing to offer …

Soybean proteins/peptides: A review on their importance, biosynthesis, vacuolar sorting, and accumulation in seeds

C Cabanos, Y Matsuoka, N Maruyama - Peptides, 2021 - Elsevier
Soybean is one of the most important sources of plant protein and is known for its wide
range of agricultural, food, and industrial applications as well as health benefits. Interest in …