ReviewFrontiers in genetics2019
Molecular Breeding for Nutritionally Enriched Maize: Status and Prospects.
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78 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Combining Ability in Maize Breeding Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review.Genes · 2026Pooled it
- Unveiling the Physical and Nutritional Profiling of Grains in Maize Landraces and Hybrids.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Maize Biofortification Approaches for Fighting Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa.Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Review
- Induced Mutagenesis Improves Grain Protein and Micronutrient (Fe and Zn) Content in Spring Wheat (Biology · 2026Article
- Aluminum Alleviation of Iron Deficiency Chlorosis Is Conserved in Wild Rice RelativePlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Dynamics of accumulation of lysine and tryptophan, and kernel modification in opaque2, opaque16, and double mutant (opaque2/opaque16) genotypes during kernel development in maize.Journal of applied genetics · 2025Article
- Molecular breeding approaches for the improvement of oil content and fatty acid composition in exotic-derived maize germplasm.The New phytologist · 2025Article
- Allelic Diversity and Development of Breeder-Friendly Marker Specific to floury2 Gene Regulating the Accumulation of α-Zeins and Essential Amino Acids in Maize Kernel.Biochemical genetics · 2025Article
- Unraveling the interactive effect of opaque2 and waxy1 genes on kernel nutritional qualities and physical properties in maize (Zea mays L.).Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Genomics-assisted stacking of waxy1, opaque2, and crtRB1 genes for enhancing amylopectin in biofortified maize for industrial utilization and nutritional security.Functional & integrative genomics · 2025Article
- Development and Validation of Multiplex-PCR Assay forPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Genetically modified crops and sustainable development: navigating challenges and opportunities.Food science and biotechnology · 2025Review
- Optimizing breeding strategies for early-maturing white maize through genetic diversity and population structure.PloS one · 2025Article
- Concurrent enhancement of provitamin A and yield in tropical maize hybrids.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
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- Nutritional composition ofOpen research Africa · 2025Review
- The current status of genetic biofortification in alleviating malnutrition in Africa.Journal, genetic engineering & biotechnology · 2024Review
- Biofortification: Future Challenges for a Newly Emerging Technology to Improve Nutrition Security Sustainably.Current developments in nutrition · 2024Article
- Nitrogen Level Impacts the Dynamic Changes in Nitrogen Metabolism, and Carbohydrate and Anthocyanin Biosynthesis Improves the Kernel Nutritional Quality of Purple Waxy Maize.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Genome-wide association analysis of grain yield and Striga hermonthica and S. asiatica resistance in tropical and sub-tropical maize populations.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Maize is a major source of food security and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Latin America, and the Caribbean, and is among the top three cereal crops in Asia. Yet, maize is deficient in certain essential amino acids, vitamins, and minerals. Biofortified maize cultivars enriched with essential minerals and vitamins could be particularly impactful in rural areas with limited access to diversified diet, dietary supplements, and fortified foods. Significant progress has been made in developing, testing, and deploying maize cultivars biofortified with quality protein maize (QPM), provitamin A, and kernel zinc. In this review, we outline the status and prospects of developing nutritionally enriched maize by successfully harnessing conventional and molecular marker-assisted breeding, highlighting the need for intensification of efforts to create greater impacts on malnutrition in maize-consuming populations, especially in the low- and middle-income countries. Molecular marker-assisted selection methods are particularly useful for improving nutritional traits since conventional breeding methods are relatively constrained by the cost and throughput of nutritional trait phenotyping.
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