Safflower Improvement: Conventional Breeding and Biotechnological Approach

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (02) ◽

pp. 211-217

Author(s):

Pappu Lal Bairwa ◽

Amit Dixit ◽

Nidhi Tyagi ◽

Bhanupratap Jangde

Keyword(s):

Genetic Improvement ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Linkage Drag ◽

Vegetable Production ◽

Vegetable Crops ◽

Conventional Breeding ◽

Biotechnological Approach ◽

Protective Food ◽

Almost All

Vegetables are considered as protective food because of various vitamins, minerals and antioxidants present in them. In India systematic vegetable improvement work was started in the 1970‟s and since then India has improved tremendously in terms of vegetable production with respect to world ranking and ranks 2nd after China. Almost all the varieties of public domain have been evolved with various special characteristics through conventional breeding approach but with the recognition of various biotechnological tools for genetic improvement of crops, emphasis is being given on the integrated approach of vegetable improvement. As conventional breeding approach of improvement has been realized a slow process of genetic improvement which improves genome in an uncontrolled fashion with more number of generations to assemble and fix the desirable traits while, biotechnological approach allow introgression of a single distinct gene without linkage drag. The producer of vegetables for processing in the next ten years must be highly competitive and efficient. Quality of processed foods has always included purity, color, size, texture and flavor. In a more international market it also must include consistency, suggesting perhaps a uniform grading system, unless the processor's label is an accepted seal of quality.

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Arnica montana L. cell suspension culture as a biotechnological approach for the production of bioactive secondary metabolites

Planta Medica ◽

10.1055/s-0033-1352447 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 79 (13) ◽

Author(s):

CP Stefanache ◽

N Imseng ◽

B Meier ◽

C Tanase ◽

R Eibl-Schindler ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Secondary Metabolites ◽

Suspension Culture ◽

Cell Suspension ◽

Cell Suspension Culture ◽

Arnica Montana ◽

L Cell ◽

Biotechnological Approach ◽

Bioactive Secondary Metabolites

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Current Understanding of Food Safety Assessment Procedure for Stacked Trait Products Derived from Conventional Breeding among Approved GM Plants.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.737650380.793572964 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Laura Privalle

Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Safety Assessment ◽

Current Understanding ◽

Assessment Procedure ◽

Conventional Breeding ◽

Gm Plants

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Advances and Applications of Water Phytoremediation: A Potential Biotechnological Approach for the Treatment of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Water

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18105215 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (10) ◽

pp. 5215

Author(s):

Cristián Raziel Delgado-González ◽

Alfredo Madariaga-Navarrete ◽

José Miguel Fernández-Cortés ◽

Margarita Islas-Pelcastre ◽

Goldie Oza ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Plant Species ◽

Treatment Strategies ◽

Pollution Sources ◽

Water Contaminants ◽

Biotechnological Approach ◽

Wide Range ◽

Great Relevance ◽

Multidisciplinary Perspective ◽

Viable Method

Potable and good-quality drinking water availability is a serious global concern, since several pollution sources significantly contribute to low water quality. Amongst these pollution sources, several are releasing an array of hazardous agents into various environmental and water matrices. Unfortunately, there are not very many ecologically friendly systems available to treat the contaminated environment exclusively. Consequently, heavy metal water contamination leads to many diseases in humans, such as cardiopulmonary diseases and cytotoxicity, among others. To solve this problem, there are a plethora of emerging technologies that play an important role in defining treatment strategies. Phytoremediation, the usage of plants to remove contaminants, is a technology that has been widely used to remediate pollution in soils, with particular reference to toxic elements. Thus, hydroponic systems coupled with bioremediation for the removal of water contaminants have shown great relevance. In this review, we addressed several studies that support the development of phytoremediation systems in water. We cover the importance of applied science and environmental engineering to generate sustainable strategies to improve water quality. In this context, the phytoremediation capabilities of different plant species and possible obstacles that phytoremediation systems may encounter are discussed with suitable examples by comparing different mechanistic processes. According to the presented data, there are a wide range of plant species with water phytoremediation potential that need to be studied from a multidisciplinary perspective to make water phytoremediation a viable method.

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Benefits and Limitations of Non-Transgenic Micronutrient Biofortification Approaches

Agronomy ◽

10.3390/agronomy11030464 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 464

Author(s):

Edward Marques ◽

Heather M. Darby ◽

Jana Kraft

Keyword(s):

Current Literature ◽

The State ◽

World Health ◽

Micronutrient Deficiencies ◽

Conventional Breeding ◽

The World ◽

Primary Focus

Increasing the amount of micronutrients in diets across the world is crucial to improving world health. Numerous methods can accomplish this such as the biofortification of food through biotechnology, conventional breeding, and agronomic approaches. Of these, biofortification methods, conventional breeding, and agronomic approaches are currently globally accepted and, therefore, should be the primary focus of research efforts. This review synthesizes the current literature regarding the state of biofortified foods through conventional breeding and agronomic approaches for crops. Additionally, the benefits and limitations for all described approaches are discussed, allowing us to identify key areas of research that are still required to increase the efficacy of these methods. The information provided here should provide a basal knowledge for global efforts that are combating micronutrient deficiencies.

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