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HERO ID
8173779
Reference Type
Journal Article
Subtype
Review
Title
Genetic Manipulation for Improved Nutritional Quality in Rice
Author(s)
Das, P; Adak, S; Lahiri Majumder, A
Year
2020
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Frontiers in Genetics
EISSN:
1664-8021
Volume
11
Page Numbers
776
Language
English
PMID
32793287
DOI
10.3389/fgene.2020.00776
Web of Science Id
WOS:000560520000001
Abstract
Food with higher nutritional value is always desired for human health. Rice is the prime staple food in more than thirty developing countries, providing at least 20% of dietary protein, 3% of dietary fat and other essential nutrients. Several factors influence the nutrient content of rice which includes agricultural practices, post-harvest processing, cultivar type as well as manipulations followed by selection through breeding and genetic means. In addition to mutation breeding, genetic engineering approach also contributed significantly for the generation of nutrition added varieties of rice in the last decade or so. In the present review, we summarize the research update on improving the nutritional characteristics of rice by using genetic engineering and mutation breeding approach. We also compare the conventional breeding techniques of rice with modern molecular breeding techniques toward the generation of nutritionally improved rice variety as compared to other cereals in areas of micronutrients and availability of essential nutrients such as folate and iron. In addition to biofortification, our focus will be on the efforts to generate low phytate in seeds, increase in essential fatty acids or addition of vitamins (as in golden rice) all leading to the achievements in rice nutrition science. The superiority of biotechnology over conventional breeding being already established, it is essential to ascertain that there are no serious negative agronomic consequences for consumers with any difference in grain size or color or texture, when a nutritionally improved variety of rice is generated through genetic engineering technology.
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