Advances of Biotechnology in Quinoa Production: A Global Perspective
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Advances of Biotechnology in Quinoa Production : A Global Perspective. / Alandia, Gabriela; Rodríguez, Juan Pablo; Palmgren, Michael; Condori, Bruno; López-Marqués, Rosa Laura.
Biology and Biotechnology of Quinoa: Super Grain for Food Security. ed. / Ajit Varma. Springer, 2022. p. 79-112.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Advances of Biotechnology in Quinoa Production
T2 - A Global Perspective
AU - Alandia, Gabriela
AU - Rodríguez, Juan Pablo
AU - Palmgren, Michael
AU - Condori, Bruno
AU - López-Marqués, Rosa Laura
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - In the last 30 years, quinoa started to be tested and produced in more than 100 countries outside the Andes, its region of origin. Nowadays, quinoa is found in more than 120 countries around the globe. During this time, biotechnology has become an important tool for different areas of research in quinoa, especially with the use of genetic markers. Biotechnology applications in this underutilized grain started in the United States, and their use has been more intensive in countries where quinoa was recently introduced. Biotechnology benefitted the quinoa sector with numerous studies on the species evolution, responses to abiotic stress, and assisted methods for faster genetic improvement. The recent quinoa genome description enables an exponential development with the complementation from novel areas, techniques, and tools such as omics and bioinformatics. Despite this, biotechnology applications in the Andean countries have been more limited due to economic and politic contexts. Nevertheless, biotechnology has been used to characterize the rich Andean germplasm, improve conservation systems, and develop bioinput. In this sense, since biotechnology should keep providing solutions for food security under healthy, sustainable, and reasonable principles, its use can be highly recommended. Biotechnology has the great potential to accelerate conventional breeding processes commonly applied to this crop, as well as to generate alternative options to enhance the production system and as model to improve other crops. With an integrative view and collaboration between different countries, biotechnology can provide tangible benefits to different stakeholders.
AB - In the last 30 years, quinoa started to be tested and produced in more than 100 countries outside the Andes, its region of origin. Nowadays, quinoa is found in more than 120 countries around the globe. During this time, biotechnology has become an important tool for different areas of research in quinoa, especially with the use of genetic markers. Biotechnology applications in this underutilized grain started in the United States, and their use has been more intensive in countries where quinoa was recently introduced. Biotechnology benefitted the quinoa sector with numerous studies on the species evolution, responses to abiotic stress, and assisted methods for faster genetic improvement. The recent quinoa genome description enables an exponential development with the complementation from novel areas, techniques, and tools such as omics and bioinformatics. Despite this, biotechnology applications in the Andean countries have been more limited due to economic and politic contexts. Nevertheless, biotechnology has been used to characterize the rich Andean germplasm, improve conservation systems, and develop bioinput. In this sense, since biotechnology should keep providing solutions for food security under healthy, sustainable, and reasonable principles, its use can be highly recommended. Biotechnology has the great potential to accelerate conventional breeding processes commonly applied to this crop, as well as to generate alternative options to enhance the production system and as model to improve other crops. With an integrative view and collaboration between different countries, biotechnology can provide tangible benefits to different stakeholders.
KW - Breeding
KW - Chenopodium
KW - Endophytes
KW - Genetic improvement
KW - Genetic markers
KW - Genomics
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-16-3832-9_5
DO - 10.1007/978-981-16-3832-9_5
M3 - Book chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85132816474
SN - 9789811638312
SP - 79
EP - 112
BT - Biology and Biotechnology of Quinoa
A2 - Varma, Ajit
PB - Springer
ER -
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