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SUPER-DOMESTICATION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES LEAD TO IMPROVEMENT OF HUMAN HEALTH
Article number
939_5
Pages
51 – 52
Language
English
Abstract
Vaughan et al. (2007) introduced the term super-domestication to refer to the processes that lead to a domesticate with dramatically increased yield, that could not be selected in natural environments from naturally occurring variation without recourse to new technologies.
Super-domesticates can be constructed with knowledge-led approaches using a wide range of current technologies, including fine resolution mapping and gene cloning of domestication-related genes, orthologues of domestication genes and their action, genome evolution, gene and genome duplication using many new techniques.
The array of genome manipulations that has been developed, mainly from the 80s of the last century, enable barriers to gene exchange to be overcome and have led to super-domestication with dramatically improved quality.
This high technology, which gave a boost to plant breeding, has led to the possibility of creating new high nutritional value fruits and vegetables.
Some of these achievements include the biofortification of bananas, the efficient selection for healthful nutritional components, the genomics of fruit and vegetable quality and the production of vitamin rich fruits and vegetables to combat nutritional deficiencies.
Pineapple without any sophisticated genetic improvement already has high nutritional values, including vitamins and minerals (Table 1). Selection for high antioxidant content fruits and vegetables will serve better nutrition for humans.
For instance, small fruits such as strawberry and the series of berries are excellent sources for antioxidants.
Exploring the biological diversity of fruits and vegetables with high tech biotechnology could become the basis for improving human health.
Super-domesticates can be constructed with knowledge-led approaches using a wide range of current technologies, including fine resolution mapping and gene cloning of domestication-related genes, orthologues of domestication genes and their action, genome evolution, gene and genome duplication using many new techniques.
The array of genome manipulations that has been developed, mainly from the 80s of the last century, enable barriers to gene exchange to be overcome and have led to super-domestication with dramatically improved quality.
This high technology, which gave a boost to plant breeding, has led to the possibility of creating new high nutritional value fruits and vegetables.
Some of these achievements include the biofortification of bananas, the efficient selection for healthful nutritional components, the genomics of fruit and vegetable quality and the production of vitamin rich fruits and vegetables to combat nutritional deficiencies.
Pineapple without any sophisticated genetic improvement already has high nutritional values, including vitamins and minerals (Table 1). Selection for high antioxidant content fruits and vegetables will serve better nutrition for humans.
For instance, small fruits such as strawberry and the series of berries are excellent sources for antioxidants.
Exploring the biological diversity of fruits and vegetables with high tech biotechnology could become the basis for improving human health.
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