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Biofortification in Cereals:Progress and Prospects


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1 ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030, India
2 ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Aggarsain Marg, Karnal-132 001, India
3 ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi-110 012, India
4 ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030, India
5 All India Coordinated Research Project on Pearl Millet, Mandor, Jodhpur-342 304, India
6 All India Coordinated Research Project on Small Millets, Bengaluru-560 065, India
7 National Institute of Nutrition, Jamai Osmania, Hyderabad-500 007, India
8 National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru-560 030, India
9 Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001, India
 

Food security of the country has been improved due to green revolution and enhancement of cereal production. However, recent surveys showed 35.8% of children suffer from malnutrition in India. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has taken lead for the biofortification of cereal crops based on earlier national and international research efforts, targeting the enhancement of nutrients in staple food crops. In this article, the significant progress made in rice, wheat, maize and millets for identification of genotypes, development, evaluation and release of the varieties with high nutrient contents and their bioavailability studies is discussed.

Keywords

Biofortification, Breeding, Bioavailability, Nutrients, Varieties.
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C. N. Neeraja
ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030, India
V. Ravindra Babu
ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030, India
Sewa Ram
ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Aggarsain Marg, Karnal-132 001, India
Firoz Hossain
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi-110 012, India
K. Hariprasanna
ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030, India
B. S. Rajpurohit
All India Coordinated Research Project on Pearl Millet, Mandor, Jodhpur-342 304, India
Prabhakar
All India Coordinated Research Project on Small Millets, Bengaluru-560 065, India
T. Longvah
National Institute of Nutrition, Jamai Osmania, Hyderabad-500 007, India
K. S. Prasad
National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru-560 030, India
J. S. Sandhu
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001, India
Swapan K. Datta
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001, India

Abstract


Food security of the country has been improved due to green revolution and enhancement of cereal production. However, recent surveys showed 35.8% of children suffer from malnutrition in India. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has taken lead for the biofortification of cereal crops based on earlier national and international research efforts, targeting the enhancement of nutrients in staple food crops. In this article, the significant progress made in rice, wheat, maize and millets for identification of genotypes, development, evaluation and release of the varieties with high nutrient contents and their bioavailability studies is discussed.

Keywords


Biofortification, Breeding, Bioavailability, Nutrients, Varieties.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv113%2Fi06%2F1050-1057