Protein research in millets: current status and way forward

Planta, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 260(2)

Published: July 3, 2024

Language: Английский

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Tapping into the Potential of Underutilized Niger (Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cass.) Through Breeding and Biotechnological Tools

Agriculture, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(3), P. 350 - 350

Published: Feb. 6, 2025

Niger (Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cass.), an oilseed crop from the Compositae family, thrives in temperate and tropical climates. Its small seeds, rich oil (50–60% biocrude), are widely used for biodiesel, soap production, as a condiment culinary applications. Additionally, harvested plants serve green manure, improving soil health. However, cultivation India has significantly declined over past decade due to low yields, poor seed set, self-incompatibility, harvest index, shattering. A lack of genetic diversity further restricts breeders developing high-yielding cultivars. The discovery hereditary male sterility facilitated heterosis utilization laid foundation breeding improved varieties. This review explores use traditional methods tools enhance Niger, emphasizing plant tissue culture, molecular markers, identification promising gene targets produce desirable traits. Advanced technologies like CRISPR/Cas, including base prime editing, revolutionize functional genomics research. insights this paper stress urgent need genetically improve other underutilized crops meet increasing global demand sustainable diverse crops. Such interventions could transform cultivation, ensuring its role agriculture.

Language: Английский

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Micronutrient Biofortification in Wheat: QTLs, Candidate Genes and Molecular Mechanism

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 26(5), P. 2178 - 2178

Published: Feb. 28, 2025

Micronutrient deficiency (hidden hunger) is one of the serious health problems globally, often due to diets dominated by staple foods. Genetic biofortification a like wheat has surfaced as promising, cost-efficient, and sustainable strategy. Significant genetic diversity exists in its wild relatives, but nutritional profile commercial varieties inadvertently declined over time, striving for better yield disease resistance. Substantial efforts have been made biofortify using conventional molecular breeding. QTL genome-wide association studies were conducted, some identified QTLs/marker-trait (MTAs) grain micronutrients Fe exploited MAS. The mechanisms micronutrient uptake, transport, storage also investigated. Although biofortified are now commercially cultivated selected regions worldwide, further improvements needed. This review provides an overview biofortification, covering breeding efforts, evaluation methods, nutrient assimilation bioavailability, microbial involvement enrichment. Emerging technologies such non-destructive hyperspectral imaging (HSI)/red, green, blue (RGB) phenotyping; multi-omics integration; CRISPR-Cas9 alongside genomic selection; genetics hold promise advancing biofortification.

Language: Английский

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Millets: Nutrient-rich and climate-resilient crops for sustainable agriculture and diverse culinary applications

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 137, P. 106984 - 106984

Published: Nov. 17, 2024

Language: Английский

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Realizing visionary goals for the International Year of Millet (IYoM): accelerating interventions through advances in molecular breeding and multiomics resources

Planta, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 260(4)

Published: Sept. 20, 2024

Language: Английский

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The Application of Genome-Wide Association Studies in Plant Breeding

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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