TABLE 2.
List of biofortified wheat varieties developed through conventional breeding and released for commercial cultivation around the globe.
| Variety | Nutritional quality |
Year of release | Developer/sources |
| India | |||
| DDW 48 (T. durum) | Fe: 38.8; Zn: 39.7; Protein: 12.1 | 2020 | ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, India |
| DDW 47 (T. durum) | Fe: 40.1; Protein: 12.7 | 2020 | |
| DBW 303 | Fe: 35.8; Zn: 36.9; Protein: 12.1 | 2020 | |
| DBW 187 | Fe: 43.1 | 2018 and 2020 | |
| DBW 173 | Fe: 40.7; Protein: 12.5 | 2018 | |
| WB 02 | Zn: 42; Fe: 40 | 2017 | |
| PBW 771 | Zn: 41.4 | 2020 | Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India |
| PBW 752 | Fe: 37.1; Zn: 38.7; Protein: 12.4 | 2018 | |
| PBW 757 | Zn: 42.3 | 2018 | |
| HPBW 01 | Zn: 40.6; Fe: 40 | 2017 | |
| HI 8802 (T. durum) | Fe: 39.5; Zn: 35.9; Protein: 13.0 | 2020 | ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Regional Station, Indore, India |
| HI 8805 (T. durum) | Fe: 40.4; Protein: 12.8 | 2020 | |
| HI 1633 | Fe: 41.6; Zn: 41.1; Protein: 12.4 | 2020 | |
| HI 8759 (T. durum) | Zn: 42.8; Fe: 42.1; Protein: 12.0 | 2017 | |
| HI 1605 | Zn: 35; Fe: 43; Protein: 13 | 2017 | |
| HI 8777 (T. durum) | Fe: 48.7; Zn: 43.6 | 2017 | |
| HD 3171 | Zn: 47.1 | 2017 | ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India |
| HD 3249 | Fe: 42.5 | 2020 | |
| HD 3298 | Fe: 43.1; Protein:12.1 | 2020 | |
| MACS 4028 (T. durum) | Zn: 40.3; Fe: 46.1; Protein: 14.7 | 2018 | Developed by Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra |
| MACS 4058 (T. durum) | Fe: 39.5 Zn: 37.8 Protein: 14.7 | 2020 | |
| UAS 375 | Protein: 13.8 | 2018 | University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India |
| BHU-3 | High Zn | 2014 | Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India |
| Abhay | High Zn | 2015 | Nirmal Seeds, Harvest Plus and Participatory variety selection |
| Chitra | High Zn | 2016 | Participatory variety selection |
| Pakistan | |||
| NR- 421 (Zincol-16) | High Zn (> 6 ppm Zn advantage compared to best local check) | 2015 |
Pakistan Agriculture Research Council/CIMMYT |
| Akbar-19 |
High Zn (> 7 ppm Zn advantage compared to best local check) | 2019 | Faisalabad Agricultural Research Institute/CIMMYT |
| Bangladesh | |||
| BARI Gom 33 | High Zn (7–8 ppm Zn advantage over best check, and also resistance to wheat blast) | 2017 | CIMMYT, Mexico |
| Mexico | |||
| Nohely-F2018 | High Zn (released in Mexico for the Mexicali valley of northern Sonora region) | 2018 | CIMMYT, Mexico |
| Bolivia | |||
| Iniaf-Okinawa | High Zn (> 6 ppm Zn advantage than the local check) | 2018 | INIAF, Bolivia and CIMMYT, Mexico |
| Nepal | |||
| Zinc Gahun 1 | High Zn (> 6 ppm Zn advantage than the local check) | 2020 |
NARC, Nepal and CIMMYT, Mexico |
| Zinc Gahun 2 | |||
Grain Fe and Zn conents are expressed in ppm while protein content is expressed in percentage (%).