Rice biofortification: breeding and genomic approaches for genetic enhancement of grain zinc and iron contents

P Senguttuvel, N CN, JV, BP, SP SV, SR LV… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Rice is a highly consumed staple cereal cultivated predominantly in Asian countries, which
share 90% of global rice production. Rice is a primary calorie provider for more than 3.5 …

Enhancing the nutritional quality of major food crops through conventional and genomics-assisted breeding

KB Gaikwad, S Rani, M Kumar, V Gupta… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Nutritional stress is making over two billion world population malnourished. Either our
commercially cultivated varieties of cereals, pulses, and oilseed crops are deficient in …

Genetic Analysis of Agronomic Traits and Grain Iron and Zinc Concentrations in a Doubled Haploid Population of Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

MIC Calayugan, AK Formantes, A Amparado… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The development of micronutrient dense rice varieties with good agronomic traits is one of
the sustainable and cost-effective approaches for reducing malnutrition. Identification of …

Genome-wide association study uncovers genomic regions associated with grain iron, zinc and protein content in pearl millet

M Pujar, S Gangaprasad, M Govindaraj… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Pearl millet hybrids biofortified with iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) promise to be part of a long-term
strategy to combat micronutrient malnutrition in the arid and semi-arid tropical (SAT) regions …

Recent Advances to Enhance Nutritional Quality of Rice

S Zafar, X Jianlong - Rice Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The nutritional quality of rice is a major concern, along with the need to enhance productivity
to feed the continuously growing population. Therefore, there is a requirement to breed high …

Combination of near-infrared spectroscopy and key wavelength-based screening algorithm for rapid determination of rice protein content

S Shi, D Zhao, K Pan, Y Ma, G Zhang, L Li… - Journal of Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rice taste quality is one of the most important factors influencing rice marketing and
distribution, and rice with a high taste quality is more popular with consumers and has a …

Applications and challenges for efficient exploration of omics interventions for the enhancement of nutritional quality in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

N Rana, MS Rahim, G Kaur, R Bansal… - Critical reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Rice nutritional quality is one of the major concerns along with productivity enhancement to
feed the continuously growing population. To address wide-spread malnutrition influencing …

Genetic improvements in rice grain quality: A review of elite genes and their applications in molecular breeding

D Gong, X Zhang, F He, Y Chen, R Li, J Yao, M Zhang… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
High yield and superior quality are the main objectives of rice breeding and research. While
innovations in rice breeding have increased production to meet growing demand, the …

Quantum Stirling heat engine operating in finite time

D Das, G Thomas, AN Jordan - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
In a quantum Stirling heat engine, the heat exchanged with two thermal baths is partly
utilized for performing work by redistributing the energy levels of the working substance. We …

High‐throughput NGS‐based genotyping and phenotyping: Role in genomics‐assisted breeding for soybean improvement

JA Bhat, D Yu - Legume Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soybean is an important food crop that provides edible protein and oil for human and animal
nutrition. Conventional phenotypic‐based breeding approaches have made significant …