Iron Biofortification in Rice: An Update on Quantitative Trait Loci and Candidate Genes.

ABSTRACT: Rice is the most versatile model for cereals and also an economically relevant food crop; as a result, it is the most suitable species for molecular characterization of Fe homeostasis and biofortification. Recently there have been significant efforts to dissect genes and quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with Fe translocation into rice grains; such information is highly useful for Fe biofortification of cereals but very limited in other species, such as maize (Zea mays) and wheat (Triticum aestivum). Given rice's centrality as a model for Poaceae species, we review the current knowledge on genes playing important roles in Fe transport, accumulation, and distribution in rice grains and QTLs that might explain the variability in Fe concentrations observed in different ge

SUBMITTER: Swamy BPM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8187908 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature