Strategies to improve wheat for human health

B Hazard, K Trafford, A Lovegrove, S Griffiths, C Uauy… - Nature Food, 2020 - nature.com
Despite their economic importance and growing demand, concerns are emerging around
wheat-based foods and human health. Most wheat-based foods are made from refined white …

Engineering properties of sweet potato starch for industrial applications by biotechnological techniques including genome editing

R Lyu, S Ahmed, W Fan, J Yang, X Wu, W Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is one of the largest food crops in the world. Due to its
abundance of starch, sweet potato is a valuable ingredient in food derivatives, dietary …

Cas9‐mediated mutagenesis of potato starch‐branching enzymes generates a range of tuber starch phenotypes

A Tuncel, KR Corbin, J Ahn‐Jarvis… - Plant biotechnology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated whether Cas9‐mediated mutagenesis of starch‐branching enzymes (SBE
s) in tetraploid potatoes could generate tuber starches with a range of distinct properties …

Effects of winter soil warming on crop biomass carbon loss from organic matter degradation

H Ni, H Hu, CM Zohner, W Huang, J Chen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Global warming poses an unprecedented threat to agroecosystems. Although temperature
increases are more pronounced during winter than in other seasons, the impact of winter …

[PDF][PDF] Characterization of physicochemical properties of starches from improved cassava varieties grown in Zambia.

SM Chisenga, TS Workneh, G Bultosa… - AIMS Agriculture & …, 2019 - aimspress.com
Characterization of physicochemical properties of starches from improved cassava varieties
grown in Zambia Page 1 AIMS Agriculture and Food, 4(4): 939–966. DOI: 10.3934/agrfood.2019.4.939 …

Deciphering the transcriptional regulatory network governing starch and storage protein biosynthesis in wheat for breeding improvement

L Zhao, J Chen, Z Zhang, W Wu, X Lin… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Starch and seed storage protein (SSP) composition profoundly impact wheat grain yield and
quality. To unveil regulatory mechanisms governing their biosynthesis, transcriptome, and …

Nuclear factor-Y–polycomb repressive complex2 dynamically orchestrates starch and seed storage protein biosynthesis in wheat

J Chen, L Zhao, H Li, C Yang, X Lin, Y Lin… - The Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The endosperm in cereal grains is instrumental in determining grain yield and seed quality,
as it controls starch and seed storage protein (SSP) production. In this study, we identified a …

Nano-ZnO priming induces salt tolerance by promoting photosynthetic carbon assimilation in wheat

Z Wang, H Li, X Li, C **n, J Si, S Li, Y Li… - Archives of Agronomy …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
High salt seriously reduces plant growth in wheat by depressing photosynthetic carbon
assimilation. In this study, wheat plants were firstly primed with nano-ZnO (50 mg L− 1), and …

Redox regulation of starch metabolism

K Skryhan, L Gurrieri, F Sparla, P Trost… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Metabolism of starch is a major biological integrator of plant growth supporting nocturnal
energy dynamics by transitory starch degradation as well as periods of dormancy, re-growth …

TubZIP28, a novel bZIP family transcription factor from Triticum urartu, and TabZIP28, its homologue from Triticum aestivum, enhance starch synthesis in wheat

Y Song, G Luo, L Shen, K Yu, W Yang, X Li… - new …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Starch in wheat grain provides humans with carbohydrates and influences the quality of
wheaten food. However, no transcriptional regulator of starch synthesis has been identified …