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Phytonutritional Improvement of Crops (Hardcover)
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Phytonutritional Improvement of Crops (Hardcover)
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An in-depth treatment of cutting-edge work being done
internationally to develop new techniques in crop nutritional
quality improvement Phytonutritional Improvement of Crops explores
recent advances in biotechnological methods for the nutritional
enrichment of food crops. Featuring contributions from an
international group of experts in the field, it provides
cutting-edge information on techniques of immense importance to
academic, professional and commercial operations. World population
is now estimated to be 7.5 billion people, with an annual growth
rate of nearly 1.5%. Clearly, the need to enhance not only the
quantity of food produced but its quality has never been greater,
especially among less developed nations. Genetic manipulation
offers the best prospect for achieving that goal. As many fruit
crops provide proven health benefits, research efforts need to be
focused on improving the nutritional qualities of fruits and
vegetables through increased synthesis of lycopene and beta
carotene, anthocyanins and some phenolics known to be strong
antioxidants. Despite tremendous growth in the area occurring over
the past several decades, the work has only just begun. This book
represents an effort to address the urgent need to promote those
efforts and to mobilise the tools of biotechnical and genetic
engineering of the major food crops. Topics covered include: * New
applications of RNA-interference and virus induced gene silencing
(VIGS) for nutritional genomics in crop plants * Biotechnological
techniques for enhancing carotenoid in crops and their implications
for both human health and sustainable development * Progress being
made in the enrichment and metabolic profiling of diverse
carotenoids in a range of fruit crops, including tomatoes, sweet
potatoes and tropical fruits * Biotechnologies for boosting the
phytonutritional values of key crops, including grapes and sweet
potatoes * Recent progress in the development of transgenic rice
engineered to massively accumulate flavonoids in-seed
Phytonutritional Improvement of Crops is an important
text/reference that belongs in all universities and research
establishments where agriculture, horticulture, biological
sciences, and food science and technology are studied, taught and
applied.
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