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SUMMARY:Nutritional enhancement of rice for human health: the contribution
  of biotechnology
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Navreet Bhullar\, Group of Plant Biotechnology\, ETHZ\, CH\
 nMicronutrient malnutrition is widespread\, especially in poor populations
  across the globe where daily caloric intake is confined mainly to staple 
 cereals. Rice\, which is a staple food for over half of the world’s popu
 lation\, is low in bioavailable micronutrients required for the daily diet
 . Improvements of the plant-based diets is therefore critical and of high 
 economic value in order to achieve a healthy nutrition of a large segment 
 of the human population. Rice grain biofortification has emerged as a stra
 tegic priority for alleviation of micronutrient malnutrition. Nutritional 
 enhancement of crops through conventional breeding is often limited by the
  low genetic variability for required dietary micronutrient levels. In thi
 s case biotechnology strategies offer effective and efficient perspectives
 . We use gene technology for tissue specific expression of genes responsib
 le for uptake\, transport\, accumulation and availability of iron in the r
 ice endosperm. In addition\, we study the expression of endogenous genes s
 pecifically playing a role in re-mobilization of micro-nutrients from flag
  leaves to grains and focus on the interplay between iron homeostasis. An 
 overview of our research and results will be presented.
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