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Genetic dissection of grain zinc concentration in spring wheat for mainstreaming biofortification in CIMMYT wheat breeding [1]

Wheat is an important staple that acts as a primary source of dietary energy, protein, and essential micronutrients such as iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) for the world’s population. Approximately two billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiency, thus breeders have crossed high Zn progenitors such as synthetic hexaploid wheat, T. dicoccum, T. spelta, and landraces to generate wheat varieties with competitive yield and enhanced grain Zn that are being adopted by farmers in South Asia. [2]Here we report a genome-wide association study (GWAS) using the wheat Illumina iSelect 90 K Infinitum SNP array to characterize grain Zn concentrations in 330 bread wheat lines. Grain Zn phenotype of this HarvestPlus Association Mapping (HPAM) panel was evaluated across a range of environments in India and Mexico.

Original Source [3]

Publication Date: 
10/09/2018
Govindan Velu [4], Ravi Prakash Singh [5], Leonardo Crespo-Herrera & et al [6]
Scientific Reports [7]
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13526
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Tags:
Wheat [8], Agricultural Research [9], Plant Breeding [10], Nutrition [11], India [12], Mexico [13]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/genetic-dissection-grain-zinc-concentration-spring-wheat-mainstreaming
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/wheat_breeding_grain_zinc_concentration.pdf
[3] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-31951-z
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/govindan-velu
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ravi-prakash-singh
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/leonardo-crespo-herrera-et-al
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/scientific-reports
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wheat
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agricultural-research
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plant-breeding
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mexico