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Harnessing sorghum and millet biotechnology for food and health

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dc.contributor.author O'Kennedy, Maretha M
dc.contributor.author Grootboom, A
dc.contributor.author Shewry, PR
dc.date.accessioned 2007-07-26T13:43:53Z
dc.date.available 2007-07-26T13:43:53Z
dc.date.issued 2006-11
dc.identifier.citation O'Kennedy, MM, Grootboom, A and Shewry, PR. 2006. Harnessing sorghum and millet biotechnology for food and health. Journal of Cereal Science, Vol. 44(3), pp 224-235 en
dc.identifier.issn 0733-5210
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1040
dc.description Copyright: 2007 Elsevier Science Ltd en
dc.description.abstract This review highlights recombinant DNA technology as a powerful tool to enhance the gene pools of sorghum and pearl millet crops regarded as jewels of Africa. Although important advances in the improvement of these species have been made by classical breeding and modern marker assisted selection, genetic manipulation and in vitro culture allows the gene pool to be broadened beyond that normally available for improvement by allowing the transfer of genes which control well-defined traits between species. The current state of sorghum and millet transformation technology is summarised and applications in the improvement of nutritional quality and the resistance to pathogens and pests for crops grown in Africa and Asia is discussed. Regulatory aspects including gene flow and future prospects are also discussed en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Elsevier Science Ltd en
dc.subject Genetic engineering en
dc.subject Sorghum en
dc.subject Pearl millet en
dc.subject Biolistics en
dc.subject Agrobacterium en
dc.title Harnessing sorghum and millet biotechnology for food and health en
dc.type Article en
dc.identifier.apacitation O'Kennedy, M. M., Grootboom, A., & Shewry, P. (2006). Harnessing sorghum and millet biotechnology for food and health. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1040 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation O'Kennedy, Maretha M, A Grootboom, and PR Shewry "Harnessing sorghum and millet biotechnology for food and health." (2006) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1040 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation O'Kennedy MM, Grootboom A, Shewry P. Harnessing sorghum and millet biotechnology for food and health. 2006; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1040. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Article AU - O'Kennedy, Maretha M AU - Grootboom, A AU - Shewry, PR AB - This review highlights recombinant DNA technology as a powerful tool to enhance the gene pools of sorghum and pearl millet crops regarded as jewels of Africa. Although important advances in the improvement of these species have been made by classical breeding and modern marker assisted selection, genetic manipulation and in vitro culture allows the gene pool to be broadened beyond that normally available for improvement by allowing the transfer of genes which control well-defined traits between species. The current state of sorghum and millet transformation technology is summarised and applications in the improvement of nutritional quality and the resistance to pathogens and pests for crops grown in Africa and Asia is discussed. Regulatory aspects including gene flow and future prospects are also discussed DA - 2006-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Genetic engineering KW - Sorghum KW - Pearl millet KW - Biolistics KW - Agrobacterium LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2006 SM - 0733-5210 T1 - Harnessing sorghum and millet biotechnology for food and health TI - Harnessing sorghum and millet biotechnology for food and health UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1040 ER - en_ZA


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