Improvement of small seed for big nutritional feed

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants - Tập 27 - Trang 2433-2446 - 2021
P. B. Kavi Kishor1, S. Anil Kumar1,2, Jalaja Naravula1, P. Hima Kumari2, Divya Kummari3, Rajasheker Guddimalli3, Sujatha Edupuganti4, Appa Rao Karumanchi5, Perumal Venkatachalam6, Prashanth Suravajhala2,7, Rathnagiri Polavarapu8
1Department of Biotechnology, Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, Vadlamudi, Guntur, India
2Bioclues.org, Hyderabad, India
3Department of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
4Department of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
5Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
6Department of Biotechnology, Periyar University, Salem, India
7Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amrita University, Amritapuri, 690 525, Clappana, Kerala, India
8Genomix CARL, Pulivendula, India

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Exploding global population, rapid urbanization, salinization of soils, decreasing arable land availability, groundwater resources, and dynamic climatic conditions pose impending damage to our food security by reducing the grain quality and quantity. This issue is further compounded in arid and semi-arid regions due to the shortage of irrigation water and erratic rainfalls. Millets are gluten (a family of proteins)-free and cultivated all over the globe for human consumption, fuel, feed, and fodder. They provide nutritional security for the under- and malnourished. With the deployment of strategies like foliar spray, traditional/marker-assisted breeding, identification of candidate genes for the translocation of important minerals, and genome-editing technologies, it is now tenable to biofortify important millets. Since the bioavailability of iron and zinc has been proven in human trials, the challenge is to make such grains accessible. This review encompasses nutritional benefits, progress made, challenges being encountered, and prospects of enriching millet crops with essential minerals.

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