Genome-Wide Association Study for Grain Micronutrient Concentrations in Wheat Advanced Lines Derived From Wild Emmer.

Wheat is one of the important staple crops as the resources of both food and micronutrient for most people of the world. However, the levels of micronutrients (especially Fe and Zn) in common wheat are inherently low. Biofortification is an effective way to increase the micronutrient concentration of wheat.

Comparative analysis of developing grain transcriptome reveals candidate genes and pathways improving GPC in wheat lines derived from wild emmer.

The grain protein content (GPC) in modern wheat is inherently low. Wild emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccoides, 2n = 4x = 28, AABB) gene pool harbors wide genotypic variations in GPC.