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. 2020 Nov 26;7:533453. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2020.533453

Table 3.

Nutrient-enriched important biofortified crops developed through conventional and genomics-assisted breeding.

Crop Biofortified nutrient Name of variety Country Developing institute References/source
Wheat Zinc and iron WB 02 India ICAR-IIWBR, India, and CIMMYT (165)
HPBW 01 India PAU, India, and CIMMYT (166)
Iron HD 3171 India ICAR-IARI, India (167)
Zinc Zinc Shakti India CIMMYT (166)
Zinc Zncol 2016 Pakistan CIMMYT (166)
Zinc BARI Gom 33 Bangladesh Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute, and CIMMYT (166)
Zinc BHU 1
BHU 3 (Akshay)
BHU 5
BHU 6
India Banaras Hindu University, CIMMYT, and HarvestPlus (168)
Protein content HD 3226 India ICAR-IARI, India (169)
PBW 757 India PAU, India (170)
Yellow pigment (carotene) HI 8627
HI 8759
HI 8777
India ICAR-IARI, India (170)
Anthocyanin (colored wheat) Scorpion Austria Crop Research Institute, Prague (171)
PS Karkulka Slovak Republic National Agricultural and Food Center (172)
NABIMG 9 NABIMG 10 NABIMG 11 India National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, New Delhi (173)
Indigo Austria BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria (174)
Black-grained wheat China Shanxi University, China (175)
Rice Zinc Jalmagna India Landrace collection (176)
Iron IR 72/Zawa Bonday (IR 68144-313-2-2-3) India, Philippines International Rice Research Institute, Philippines (176)
Zinc BRRIdhan 62
BRRIdhan 64
BRRIdhan 72
Bangladesh Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BARI) and HarvestPlus (177)
Zinc CR Dhan 45 India National Rice Research Institute, India (178)
Protein CR Dhan 310 India National Rice Research Institute, India (178)
Maize: Quality Protein Maize (QPM) Lysine and tryptophan Protina (composite)
Ratan (composite)
India GBPUAT, Pantnagar (179)
Shakti (composite)
Shakti1
Shaktiman 1 Shaktiman 2
Shaktiman 3 Shaktiman 4
India Indian Institute of Maize Research (IIMR), India (179)
HQPM 1
HQPM 5
HQPM 7
India CCS Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar, India (179)
Vivek QPM 9 India ICA-VPKAS Almora, India (179)
Pusa HM 4 Improveda
Pusa HM 8 improveda
Pusa HM 9 Improveda
India ICAR-IARI, India (124)
QPHM 200 and QPHM 300 Pakistan National Agricultural Research System and CIMMYT (180)
BHQPY 545 BHQP 542 Melkassa 1Q Melkassa 6Q MHQ 138 Ethiopia Bako Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia, and CIMMYT (181183)
GH-132-2 Ghana Agricultural Research Centers Ethiopia and CIMMYT
BR-451 (OPV) BR-473 (OPV) Assum Preto (OPV) Brazil University of Ghana and CIMMYT
HB-PROTICTA Guatemala Guatemala's Institute for Agricultural Science and Technology and CIMMYT
Obatampa GH
Mambia
CMS 473
CMS 475
K9101
Guinea Crop Research Institute, Kumasi and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Obatampa GH Benin
Susuma (OPV) Mozambique CIMMYT, Mexico
Obatampa
Espoir
Burkina Faso CIMMYT, Mexico
Obatampa Cameroon CIMMYT, Mexico
Obangaina (OPV) Uganda CIMMYT, Mexico
HQ INTA-993 NB-Nutrinta (OPV) Nicaragua CIMMYT, Mexico
EV 99 QPM Nigeria CIMMYT, Mexico
Ev 99 QPM Togo CIMMYT, Mexico
Lishe-K1 Tanzania CIMMYT, Mexico
EV 99 QPM
DMRESR WQPM
Susuma
Senegal CIMMYT, Mexico
HQ-31 Honduras CIMMYT, Mexico
HQ-61 El Salvador CIMMYT, Mexico
ICA Colombia CIMMYT, Mexico
KH 500Q
KH 631Q
WSQ 104
Kenya CIMMYT, Mexico
Lishe-H1, Lishe-H2 Tanzania CIMMYT, Mexico
ZS 261Q Zimbabwe CIMMYT, Mexico
Quian 2609 Zhongdan 9409 Zhongdan 3850 Yun Yao 19
Yun You 167
Lu Dan 167
Lu Dan 206
Lu Dan 207
Lu Dan 807 Hybrid 2075
China Guizhou, China
CAAS, China
CAAS, China
Yunnan, China
Yunnan, China
Shandong, China
Shandong, China
Shandong, China
Shandong, China
Sichuan, China
H551C
H553C
H519C
H368EC H369EC
Mexico CIMMYT, Mexico
QS-7705 South Africa CIMMYT, Mexico
FONAIAP Venezuela CIMMYT, Mexico
INIA Peru CIMMYT, Mexico
HQ-2000 Vietnam NMRI, Vietnam
QPM+ pro-vitamin A Pusa Vivek QPM 9 Improveda India ICAR-IARI, India (12, 178)
Pusa HQPM5 Improveda
Pusa HQPM7 Improveda
India ICAR-IARI, India (178, 184)
Maize: orange maize Pro-vitamin A Pusa Vivek Hybrid 27 Improveda India ICAR-IARI, India (12, 178)
Sam Vita 4-A, Sam Vita 4-B, Muibaki 3, Muibaki 2, Muibaki 1, GV662 DR Congo CIMMYT, IITA, and HarvestPlus (185)
Ahoɔdzin, Dzifoo, AhoOfε, CSIR-CRI Honampa, CSIR-CRI Odomfo, CSIR-CRI Owanwa Ghana CIMMYT, IITA, and HarvestPlus (185)
GV671A (HPH1301), GV673A (HPH1303), GV665A (HP1005), GV662A (HP1002), GV664A (HP1004) Zambia CIMMYT, IITA, and HarvestPlus (186)
Ife maizehyb-3
Ife maizehyb-4
Sammaz 38 (OPV) Sammaz 39 (OPV)
Nigeria CIMMYT, IITA, and HarvestPlus (185)
Nafama, Abebe, Duba, Kodialan, Dakan Mali CIMMYT, IITA, and HarvestPlus (185)
HPH1317, HP1005 Tanzania CIMMYT, IITA, and HarvestPlus (185)
ZS242 (HP1005), ZS244 (HPH1301), ZS246 (HPH1302), ZS248 (HPH1303) Zimbabwe CIMMYT, IITA, and HarvestPlus (185)
MH39A, MH40A, MH42A, MH43A Malawi CIMMYT, IITA, and HarvestPlus (185)
Maize: zinc maize Zinc BIO-MZn01 Colombia CIMMYT and HarvestPlus (187)
Pearl millet Iron and zinc Dhanshakti
Hybrid ICMH 1201
India ICRISAT and HarvestPlus (188)
Iron and zinc HHB 299 India CCSHAU, Hisar and ICRISAT (178)
Iron and zinc HHB 311 India CCSHAU, Hisar and ICRISAT (188)
Iron AHB 1200 India Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani and ICRISAT (178)
Iron and zinc RHB 233 India SKN Agricultural University, Rajasthan and ICRISAT (188)
Sorghum Iron and zinc ICSR 1401 (Parbhani Shakti) India VNMKV Agricultural University Parbhani and ICRISAT (189)
Ion SAMSORG 45
SAMSORG 46
Nigeria Nigerian National Agricultural Research System and ICRISAT (190)
Common bean High iron NAROBEAN 1 NAROBEAN 2 NAROBEAN 3
NAROBEAN 4C NAROBEAN 5C
Uganda HarvestPlus and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (191)
High iron CAB 2, RWR 2145, RWR 2245, MAC 42, MAC 44, RWV 1129, RWV 2887, RWV 3006, RWV 3316, and RWV 3317 Rwanda HarvestPlus and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (192)
High Iron HM 21-7, RWR 2245, PAV 1438, Namulenga, Cod MLV 059, and Cuarentino Democratic Republic of Congo HarvestPlus and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (193, 194)
Lentil Iron and zinc Pusa Ageti Masoor (L4717)
L4704
Pusa Vaibhav
India ICAR-IARI, New Delhi and ICARDA (178, 195)
Barimasur 4
Barimasur 5
Barimasur 6
Barimasur 7
Barimasur 8
Bangladesh Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARI) and ICARDA (196, 197)
Shekhar Khajuraho 1 Khajuraho 2 Sisir
Shital
Khajuraho Masuro 3 (RL 4)
Nepal Nepal Agricultural Research Council and ICARDA (198)
Alemaya Ethiopia ICARDA (199)
Idlib 2, Idlib 3, Idlib 4 Syria ICARDA
Myveci-2001 Turkey ICARDA
Beleza Portugal ICARDA
Soybean Kuntiz trypsin inhibitor (KTI)-free NRC 127a India ICAR-Indian institute of Soybean Research, India (200)
UEL 175a Brazil Sate University of Londrina, Parana, Brazil (201)
KTI and lipoxygenase 2 free NRC 142a India ICAR-Indian institute of Soybean Research, India (202)
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Varieties/hybrids developed through genomics-assisted breeding.