Combining high carotenoid, grain protein content and rust resistance in wheat for food and nutritional security.

ABSTRACT: Globally, malnutrition has given birth to an alarming predicament, especially in developing countries, and has extensively shifted consumer preferences from conventional high-energy diets to a nutritionally balanced, cost-effective, sustainable, and healthy lifestyle. In keeping with this view and the mandate for developing high-yielding, disease-resistant biofortified staple food (wheat) for catering to the demand-driven market, the current research aimed at stacking together the enhanced grain protein content, carotenoid content, and disease resistance in an elite bread wheat background. The Y gene (PsyE1) and the GpcB1 gene were used as novel sources for enhancing the grain carotenoid and protein content in the commercial elite bread wheat cultivar HD2967. The combi

SUBMITTER: Padhy AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9893017 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature