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. 2023 Jul 24;10:1129723. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1129723

Table 3.

Advanced biotechnological tools and techniques available in amaranth and quinoa.

S. No. Genetic material Technology Type Purpose References
1. Amaranthus caudatus L., (PI490458, AMES15114, AMES5461), Amaranthus cruentus L. (434, 622, AMES2248, AMES2247, PI511731, PI777913), Amaranthus hybridus L. (1047), Amaranthus hypochondriacus L. (1221, 718, 674, 722, 412, PI540446) Tissue culture MS30 media is most effective with 2.7 μM NAA+ 2.5 Mm 2ip. 2.7 μM NAA + 2.3 μM KIN, 2.7 Mm NAA + 4.4 Mm BA by using seeds as explant To study morphogenesis and growth of calluses (228)
2. Amaranthus hypochondriacus L., Amaranthus cruentus L., Amaranthus tricholor L. Tissue culture B5 + 0.1 mg/L + 0.1–1.0 mg/L ZEA by using hypocotyles as explant Regeneration (229)
3. Amaranthus cruentus L. “Ficha” and Amaranthus hybridus “K-433” Tissue culture MS30 + 5 mg/L + 0.01 mg/L NAA on explants (epicotyl, hypocotyls, root and leaf segments) Propagation (230)
4. Amaranthus spp. Tissue culture MS media + vitamins + 3–10 mg/L 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) + 0.05 mg/L kinetin on hypocotyl segments prepared from aseptically germinated seeds Micropropagation (231)
5. Amaranthus hypohondriacus L., Amaranthus cruentus L., Amaranthus tricolor L. Tissue culture MS 30 + 2 mg/L NAA + 0.2 mg/L BA + 10% coconut water on hypocotyles and leaf disc as explants Regeneration (232)
6. Amaranthus caudatus, Amaranthus gangeticus, Amaranthus hypochondriacus, Amaranthus retroflexus and Amaranthus viridus Tissue culture MS salts + 0.01 mg/L NAA using shoot tips Regeneration (233)
7. Amaranthus caudatus and Amaranthus hypochondriacus Tissue culture MS 30 + 0.3 mg/L IAA + 3 mg/L KIN using hypocotyls as explant Regeneration (234)
8. Amaranthus. paniculatus L. Tissue culture MS30 + 8–15 mg/L KIN or 5–10 mg/L BA, MS30 + 0.5–10 mg/L 2,4- D + 0.5–10 mg/L NAA using inflorescene as explant Regeneration (235)
9. Amaranthus paniculatus L Tissue culture B5 KIN (0.5 ppm) and NAA (0.1 ppm), B5 + 1 mg/L GA3 (gibberellic acid) + 1 mg/L KIN + 1 mg/L 2,4-D on hypocotyls Regeneration ability and callus formation (236)
10. Amaranthus hypochondriacus L. cv. Azteca Tissue culture MS30 + 13.2 μM BA + 1.08 μM NAA on epicotyl and hypocotyls on 7 days seedlings Regeneration (237)
11. Amaranthus tricolor Tissue culture MS30 + 13.2 μM BA +1.8 μM NAA on 7 days seedling on epicotyl and hypocotyls part Regeneration (238)
12. Amaranthus caudatus Tissue culture MS + 2.0 mg/L 2,4-D + 0.75 mg/L KIN on Callus cultures from hypocotyls and cotyledons of 15-day-old seedlings seeds Regeneration (239)
13. Amaranthus tricolor Tissue culture MS30 on “hairy” roots as explant Regeneration (240)
14. Tissue culture MS30 + 1.5 mg/L IAA + 0.5 mg/L ZEA, MS30 + 1 mg/L IAA Regeneration (66)
15. Amaranthus cruentus “Amont,” Amaranthus hypochondriacus “Intense Purple” and Amaranthus ssp. “Plenitude” Tissue culture 12 strength of MS media using seeds as explant Regeneration (241)
16. Amaranthus gangeticus Tissue culture MS30 + 2 mg/L NAA + 1 mg/L BA on leaves, stem and roots Regeneration (242)
17. Amaranthus tricolor and Amaranthus spinosus Tissue culture MS media + 0.5 mg/L BAP + 0.5–1 mg/L 2,4-D on hypocotyls segments Regeneration (243)
18. Amaranthus cruentus L. “Ficha” Tissue culture MS + 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) + zeatin (ZEA), and thidiazuron (TDZ) (1, 3, and 5 mg/L) all in combination with 0.01 mg/L α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), or with 1 mg/L TDZ without auxin using Epicotyl, Hypocotyls, Root and leaf segments Regeneration (230)
19. Chenopodium quinoa Tissue culture 2 MS + 3.0 mg/L 6-BA For Cotyledons with petiole (244)
2 MS + 3.0 mg/L 6-BA and 0.1 mg/L NAA For axillary bud
2 MS + 1.0 mg/L 6-BA and 0.1 mg/L NAA Adventitious buds
2 MS + 0.3 mg/L 6-BA Plantlets
20. Chenopodium quinoa Tissue culture MS medium + 6-benzylaminopurine (8.88 μM) and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (6.79 μM) Regeneration (245)
21. Chenopodium quinoa Tissue culture MS medium + 0.45 μM 2,4-D using hypocotyls as explant Regeneration (246)
22. Chenopodium quinoa Tissue culture MS basal medium + 0.5 mg/L 2,4-D + 0.05 mg/L BAP Callus induction (227)
23. Amaranthus spp. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Indirect gene transfer Unsuccessful (247)
24. Amaranthus hypochondriacus Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains used: C58- pTiC58 and A281(pGA471) Tissue-specific and light-inducible expression directed by a pea chlorophyll a/b-binding protein promoter in transgenic amaranth plants and their progeny (237)
25. Amaranthus tricolor L. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Strain used: Agrobacterium rhizogenes A4 transgenic plants using internodes and leaf blades (240)
26. Amaranthus tricolor L. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Strain used: Agrobacterium rhizogenes A4, LBA9402 Transgenic plants (248)
27. Amaranthus tricolor L. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Strain used: Agrobacterium tumefaciens EHA 105, LBA, 4404 (p35SGUSINT with genes of npt II—kanamycin resistance and uidA for each strain) Transgenic plants (238)
28. Amaranthus L. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Strain used: Agrobacterium tumefaciens AGL1 [p5b5, p5d9, p5f7 with gene of hph (gene codes hygromycin-B-phosphotransferase protein)] Transgenic plants (249)
29. Amaranthus trisis Willd. (trisis is the synonym of Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Strain used: Agrobacterium tumefacies strain EHA 105 harbouringpCAMBIA, 1301 Transgenic plants (250)
30. Amaranthus retroflexus L. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Strain used: Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain AGL0, which contained gene construction in the vector pCAMBIA, 1301 with ARGOS-like gene from Arabidopsis thaliana (ARL) Transgenic plants (251)
31. Amaranthus cruentus L. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Strain used: Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain AGL0, which contained gene construction in the vector pCAMBIA, 1301 with ARGOS-like gene from Arabidopsis thaliana (ARL) Transgenic plants (252)
32. Amaranthus caudatus L. cv. Karmin, cv. Helios Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Strain used: Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain GV3101 [with uidA and bar (phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase) genes] Transgenic plants (253)
33. Amaranthus caudatus L. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Strain used: Agrobacterium rhizogenes A4 Transgenic plants (254)
34. Amaranthus caudatus Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Agrobacterium rhizogenes A4 strain and Agrobacterium tumefaciens GV3101 strain used Resistant plants to herbicide (255)
35. Amaranthus hypochondriacus and Amaranthus hybridus Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Agrobacterium rhizogenes were used: R1000, K599 and BVG strain Protocol for plant regeneration via somatic embryo germination from grain amaranth transgenic hairy roots (256)
36. Amaranthus cruentus L Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Epicotyl segments by the ARGOSLIKE transgene of Arabidopsis thaliana controlled by the 35S promoter in the binary vector pCambia, 1301 with a selective hygromycin B resistance gene Transgenic plants (257)
37. Chenopodium quinoa Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Two transformation systems using hairy root and leaf agroinfiltration DNA manipulation (225)
38. Chenopodium quinoa Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Transcriptome analysis (Agrobacterium-mediated transformation protocol) QTL mapping (226)
39. Chenopodium quinoa Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Gene-editing systems Transgenic plants (258)
40. Amaranthus hypochondriacus Molecular markers SNP markers Genetic diversity and fingerprinting (22)
41. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers Floral expressed sequenced tag (EST) (209)
42. Chenopodium quinoa SNP assays Fluidigm dynamic array based on KASPar genotyping (205)
43. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers Genetic diversity and fingerprinting (210)
44. Amaranthus spp. Molecular markers RAPD primers Genetic diversity and fingerprinting (24)
45. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers RAPD markers Genetic diversity and fingerprinting (200)
46. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers RAPD and ISSR markers Genetic diversity and fingerprinting (203)
47. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers Molecular markers RAPD and ISSR markers Genetic diversity and fingerprinting (259)
48. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers ISSR markers Molecularly characterization of quinuamaterials (216)
49. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers ISSR markers Genetic diversity and fingerprinting (219)
50. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers ISSR markers, SCoT DNA chloroplast markers DNA fingerprinting and barcoding (220)
51. Amaranth spp. Molecular markers SSR markers Genetic diversity (142)
52. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers Detect polymorphism in quinoa (204)
53. Chenopodium quinoa, Chenopodium giganteum, Chenopodium album Molecular markers Fluorescence-tagged markers analysis (206)
54. Chenopodium quinoa Willd. Molecular markers Genetic mapping (203)
55. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers EST-SSR markers Polymorphism studies (212)
56. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers SSR markers Genetic diversity and fingerprinting (223)
57. Amaranthus hypochondriacus, Amaranthus cruentus and Amaranthus caudatus, Amaranthus hybridus Molecular markers Chloroplast genome assembly Genetic diversity and fingerprinting (146)
58. Amaranthus cruentus Molecular markers Chromosome-level genome assembly To study role of specific genes with in phytic acid synthesis (an anti-nutrient) (260)
59. Amaranthus hypochondriacus Molecular markers Linkage mapping QTL mapping (189)
60. Amaranthus spp. Genetic Diversity Gene mapping DNA fingerprinting (136)
61. Chenopodium hircinum and wild quinoa ajara Allozyme markers Diversity study Genetic diversity and fingerprinting (194, 195)
62. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers Microsatellite markers DNA fingerprinting (208)
63. Tetraploid species of quinoa Molecular markers Flowering Locus T-Like genes were used as markers Genetic diversity and fingerprinting (211)
64. Chenopodium quinoa Willd. Molecular markers DNA sequencing, RNA sequencing (CD-HITprogram) Polyploidy study (213)
65. Chenopodium quinoa Willd. Molecular markers Chromosome-scale reference genome sequence Genetic diversity and fingerprinting (96)
66. Chenopodium quinoa and Chenopodium album Molecular markers Complete chloroplast (cp) DNA analysis PCR amplification with InDel specific primers (215)
67. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers InDel (insertion/deletion) Whole-genome re-sequencing (217)
68. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers Molecular studies Genetic diversity and fingerprinting (218)
69. Accessions of Chenopodium quinoa and of Chenopodium album Molecular markers SDS-PAGE protein profiling Genetic diversity and fingerprinting (221)
70. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers Microsatellite markers Genetic diversity and fingerprinting (222)
71. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers PacBio long-read sequencing Genome assembly scaffolding (261)
72. Chenopodium quinoa Molecular markers Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) QTLs (quantitative trait loci) Mapping (214)