biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 63:586-593, 2019 | DOI: 10.32615/bp.2019.056

Recent advances and perspectives in crop biofortification

T. VLČKO, L. OHNOUTKOVÁ*
Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Palacký University & Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, ©lechtitelů 241/27, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic

The increasing world population and limited amount of land area appropriate for intensive agriculture necessitate high-yield cultivars. The focus is on the enrichment of existing crops deficient in nutrients, which is also called biofortification. Microelements, vitamins, and fatty acids belong to most important traits being subjected to biofortification. Biofortification strategies can be divided on fertilization-based strategy, which is characterized by direct application of nutrients or plant growth promoting substances on plants, and biotechnological strategy, which involves molecular biology techniques in order to enhance transport, production, and accumulation of nutrients. Recent advances in plant biotechnology, such as genome-editing, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-associated 9, and transcription activator-like effector nuclease, as well as an extensive study of genetic diversity, are acceptable approaches to the development of biofortified crops.

Keywords: gene-editing, programmable nucleases, RNA interference.

Received: October 26, 2018; Revised: February 6, 2019; Accepted: February 20, 2019; Published online: September 2, 2019  Show citation

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