From the Concept of Totipotency to Biofortified Cereals
| Autor: | Ingo Potrykus |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Micronutrient deficiency
Food security Physiology business.industry Food Genetically Modified Golden rice Biofortification Novelty food and beverages Oryza Cell Biology Plant Science Public good Biotechnology Political science Food Fortified New product development Humans Product (category theory) Marketing Edible Grain business Molecular Biology |
| Zdroj: | Annual Review of Plant Biology. 66:1-22 |
| ISSN: | 1545-2123 1543-5008 |
| DOI: | 10.1146/annurev-arplant-043014-114734 |
| Popis: | I was a college teacher when opportunity opened a path into academia. A fascination with totipotency channeled me into research on tissue culture. As I was more interested in contributions to food security than in scientific novelty, I turned my attention to the development of genetic modification technology for cereals. From my cell culture experience, I had reasons not to trust Agrobacterium for that purpose, and I developed direct gene transfer instead. In the early 1990s, I became aware of the problem of micronutrient deficiency, particularly vitamin A deficiency in rice-eating populations. Golden Rice, which contains increased amounts of provitamin A, was probably instrumental for the concept of biofortification to take off. I realized that this rice would remain an academic exercise if product development and product registration were not addressed, and this is what I focused on after my retirement. Although progress is slowly being made, had I known what this pursuit would entail, perhaps I would not have started. Hopefully Golden Rice will reach the needy during my lifetime. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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