TABLE 3.

Study of functional foods in pulses and oilseeds using biotechnological approaches.

S. No	Crop	Functional food	Gene(s)/QTL(s)	Methodology	References
1	Soybean	Vitamin E	21 QTLs	QTL mapping	Li et al. (2010)
		α-tocopherol	6 QTLs associated with α-tocopherol content	QTL mapping	Park et al. (2019)
		—	19 QTLs were identified	GWAS	Sui et al. (2020)
		Tocopherol and tocotrienol	At-VTE3 co-expressed with At-VTE4	Transgenics	Van-Eenennaam et al. (2003)
2	Chickpea	β-carotene, leutin rich	1-4QTLs	QTL mapping	Abbo et al. (2005)
3	Groundnut	β-carotene, lutein and cryptoxanthin	Phytoene synthase 1 (psy1)	Transgenics	Bhatnagar et al. (2010)
		Anthocyanidin	a putative candidate gene and linked marker InDel02	eQTLmapping	Huang et al. (2006)
		Oleic acid	ahFAD2 gene	MAS	Bera et al. (2018)
		Resveratrol	9 QTLs identified	ddRAD sequencing and High-Density genetic map	Luo et al. (2021)
4	Safflower (Carthamus tinctorious)	Gamma linolenic acid (GLA)	Delta-6- desaturase gene	Transgenics	Devi et al. (2008)
5	Mustard (Brassica spp.)	δ-tocopherol	gamma-TMT gene	Transgenics	Yusuf and Sarin, (2007)
		Carotenoid	crtB	Transgenics	Shewmaker et al. (1999)
		β-carotene, zeaxanthin, violaxanthin and lutein	Epsilon cyclase gene	RNAi technology	Yu et al. (2008)
6	Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)	Oleic acid	FAD2	Transgenics	Smith et al. (2007)
7	Canola	Protein-rich	ACC7 gene	Transgenics	Roesler et al. (1997)