Enhancing the mineral and vitamin content of wheat and maize through plant breeding

By J. Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio, N. Palacios-Rojas, E. Meng, K. Pixley, R. Trethowan, R. Peña. 2007

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Genetic Gains in Wheat Breeding and Its Role in Feeding the World (2019, background): “Spring bread wheat genotypes with synthetic wheats in their background have been reported with higher levels of Zn and Fe content [59].”
Biofortification of crops for reducing malnutrition (2012, background): “The project analyzed 300 genetic lines of maize selected to represent the global diversity of maize and identified some varieties that came close to the target amount of 15 lg b-carotene/g as compared to as low as 0.1 lg/g in standard varieties (Ortiz-Monasterio et al. 2007 ).”
Biofortification of crops with seven mineral elements often lacking in human diets--iron, zinc, copper, calcium, magnesium, selenium and iodine. (2009, background): “Chromosomal loci affecting grain Fe and Zn have been mapped in rice (Gregorio et al., 2000) and wheat (cited by Ortiz-Monasterio et al., 2007).”
Biofortification strategies to increase grain zinc and iron concentrations in wheat (2014, unknown): “These tetraploids were used to develop synthetic hexaploid wheats in the CIMMYT wide-crossing unit, and those stocks (T. turgidum ssp. dicoccum/Ae. tauschii) entered the wheat breeding program at CIMMYT (Ortiz-Monasterio et al., 2007).”
Formation of Heterotic Groups and Understanding Genetic Effects in a Provitamin A Biofortified Maize Breeding Program (2014, background): “org 15 high biologically useful concentrations of provitamin A carotenoids in the grain is regarded as a key approach toward alleviating VAD in these regions (Ortiz-Monasterio et al., 2007; Pfeiffer and McClafferty, 2007).”
Wheat genetic resources enhancement by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) (2008, background): “Within this global alliance undertaking, CIMMYT is developing highyielding wheat cultivars with grain containing 30– 50% more iron and zinc (Ortiz-Monasterio et al. 2007).”
Mineral element concentrations in grains of Chinese wheat cultivars (2010, background): “Bio-fortification through plant breeding, by contrast, has multiplicative advantages (Bouis et al. 2000; Calderini and Ortiz-Monasterio 2003; Ortiz-Monasterio et al. 2007 ).”
Zinc-enriched fertilisers as a potential public health intervention in Africa (2015, background): “More recently, there has been research exploring the use of Zn fertilisers to increase Zn concentrations beyond that which is needed for maximum yield, to enrich the edible portions of crops for human health benefits (Rengel et al. 1999; Genc et al. 2005; Ortiz-Monasterio et al. 2007; Broadley et al”
New hypotheses for the health-protective mechanisms of whole-grain cereals: what is beyond fibre? (2010, unknown): “The genetic approach((425)) using conventional tools (indirect action on genes) such as cross-breeding and hybridisation to combine varieties high in some bioactive compounds, for example, Zn, Fe and pro-vitamin A((426,427)), and/or low in others, for example, phytic acid((428,429)), and non-convent”
ROLE OF IRON IN PLANT GROWTH AND METABOLISM (2015, background): “Iron concentrations in rice have a narrow variation, ranging from 6 to 22 g·L-1 as compared to 10 to 160 g·L-1 in maize and 15 to 360 g·L-1 in wheat (Gómez-Galera et al., 2010); however, most maize genotypes do not reach the highest values (Ortiz-Monasterio et al., 2007).”
Estimating consumer willingness to pay for food quality with experimental auctions: the case of yellow versus fortified maize meal in Kenya: H. De Groote et al. / Agricultural Economics xx (2010) 1-16 (2010, background): “These are now being crossed with promising high-yielding maize varieties for different agroecological zones (Ortiz-Monasterio et al., 2007).”