Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 64, Issue 33, Pages 6383-6396Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b02171
Keywords
biofortification; breeding; prebreeding; genomics; molecular markers; micronutrients; lentils
Funding
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi
- Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) under HarvestPlus Challenge Program
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Micronutrient deficiency in the human body, popularly known as hidden hunger, causes many health problems. It presently affects >2 billion people worldwide, especially in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Biofortification of food crop varieties is one way to combat the problem of hidden hunger using conventional plant breeding and transgenic methods. Lentils are rich sources of protein, micronutrients, and vitamins including iron, zinc, selenium, folates, and carotenoids. Lentil genetic resources including germplasm and wild species showed genetic variability for these traits. Studies revealed that a single serving of lentils could provide a significant amount of the recommended daily allowance of micronutrients and vitamins for adults. Therefore, lentils have been identified as a food legume for biofortification, which could provide a whole food solution to the global micronutrient malnutrition. The present review discusses the current ongoing efforts toward genetic biofortification in lentils using classical breeding and molecular marker-assisted approaches.
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