Genetics- and genomics-based interventions for nutritional enhancement of grain legume crops: status and outlook

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 151-161

  Bohra, Abhishek ^a   Sahrawat, Kanwar L ^b   Kumar, Shiv ^c   Joshi, Rohit ^d   Parihar, Ashok K ^a   Singh, Ummed ^a   Singh, Deepak ^a   Singh, Narendra P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PULSES RESEARCH   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

Biofortification; Genetic diversity; Genomics; Hidden hunger; Legumes; Malnutrition; QTL

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; CROP; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FABACEAE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRENDS;

BREEDING; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FABACEAE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GENOMICS; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84937511038     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13353-014-0268-z     Document Type: Review

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