Current Knowledge on Genetic Biofortification in Lentil

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 33, 2016, Pages 6383-6396

  Kumar, Jitendra ^a   Gupta, Debjyoti Sen ^a   Kumar, Shiv ^b   Gupta, Sanjeev ^a   Singh, Narendra Pratap ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PULSES RESEARCH   (India)

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

Author keywords

biofortification; breeding; genomics; lentils; micronutrients; molecular markers; prebreeding

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENTS; VITAMINS;

BIOFORTIFICATION; BREEDING; GENOMICS; LENTILS; MICRONUTRIENTS; MOLECULAR MARKER; PREBREEDING;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

BIOFORTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CROP; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; LENTIL; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT BREEDING; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOFORTIFICATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LENS PLANT; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; VITAMINS;

EID: 84983673525     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b02171     Document Type: Review

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