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Finger on the Pulse: Pumping Iron into Chickpea

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Plant Science, October 2017
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Title
Finger on the Pulse: Pumping Iron into Chickpea
Published in
Frontiers in Plant Science, October 2017
DOI 10.3389/fpls.2017.01755
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Grace Z. H. Tan, Sudipta S. Das Bhowmik, Thi M. L. Hoang, Mohammad R. Karbaschi, Alexander A. T. Johnson, Brett Williams, Sagadevan G. Mundree

Abstract

Iron deficiency is a major problem in both developing and developed countries, and much of this can be attributed to insufficient dietary intake. Over the past decades several measures, such as supplementation and food fortification, have helped to alleviate this problem. However, their associated costs limit their accessibility and effectiveness, particularly amongst the financially constrained. A more affordable and sustainable option that can be implemented alongside existing measures is biofortification. To date, much work has been invested into staples like cereals and root crops-this has culminated in the successful generation of high iron-accumulating lines in rice and pearl millet. More recently, pulses have gained attention as targets for biofortification. Being secondary staples rich in protein, they are a nutritional complement to the traditional starchy staples. Despite the relative youth of this interest, considerable advances have already been made concerning the biofortification of pulses. Several studies have been conducted in bean, chickpea, lentil, and pea to assess existing germplasm for high iron-accumulating traits. However, little is known about the molecular workings behind these traits, particularly in a leguminous context, and biofortification via genetic modification (GM) remains to be attempted. This review examines the current state of the iron biofortification in pulses, particularly chickpea. The challenges concerning biofortification in pulses are also discussed. Specifically, the potential application of transgenic technology is explored, with focus on the genes that have been successfully used in biofortification efforts in rice.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 60 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 11 18%
Student > Master 5 8%
Student > Bachelor 5 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 7%
Other 7 12%
Unknown 24 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 19 32%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 5%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 3%
Unspecified 1 2%
Other 5 8%
Unknown 26 43%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 October 2017.
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#13,056,998
of 23,005,189 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Plant Science
#5,669
of 20,502 outputs
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#153,952
of 325,897 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Plant Science
#165
of 479 outputs
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