Genome Editing Technologies to Improve Health‐Related Phytocompounds in Crops
ABSTRACT Due to rapid global population growth and the resulting significant increase in food demand, the world is facing an epidemic of malnutrition. Although yield improvement remains one of the main targets of breeding programs, much attention is being paid to the nutritional aspects of crops, in...
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| author | Maria Dellino Claudio deGiovanni Monica Marilena Miazzi Cinzia Montemurro Domenica Nigro |
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| description | ABSTRACT Due to rapid global population growth and the resulting significant increase in food demand, the world is facing an epidemic of malnutrition. Although yield improvement remains one of the main targets of breeding programs, much attention is being paid to the nutritional aspects of crops, including nutrients and bioactive compounds that are often important for general human health and disease prevention. Phytocompounds such as allergens, antinutrients, antioxidants, vitamins, and fatty acids are among the most important classes of chemical substances that affect human health and thus contribute to the nutritional value of crops. Conventional breeding for these traits consists of laborious and time‐consuming methods, but recent advances in new genome editing (GE) technologies offer a valuable, time‐saving, and cost‐effective alternative. The article reports on the extensive use of GE tools to modify the content of health‐relevant bio‐compounds and to obtain crops with higher nutritional quality. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2af64c51bcde4a8d83f2419f79c06dd32025-08-20T03:48:22ZengWileyFood Frontiers2643-84292025-05-01631271128610.1002/fft2.70005Genome Editing Technologies to Improve Health‐Related Phytocompounds in CropsMaria Dellino0Claudio deGiovanni1Monica Marilena Miazzi2Cinzia Montemurro3Domenica Nigro4Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences (DiSSPA) University of Bari Aldo Moro Bari ItalyDepartment of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences (DiSSPA) University of Bari Aldo Moro Bari ItalyDepartment of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences (DiSSPA) University of Bari Aldo Moro Bari ItalyDepartment of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences (DiSSPA) University of Bari Aldo Moro Bari ItalyDepartment of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences (DiSSPA) University of Bari Aldo Moro Bari ItalyABSTRACT Due to rapid global population growth and the resulting significant increase in food demand, the world is facing an epidemic of malnutrition. Although yield improvement remains one of the main targets of breeding programs, much attention is being paid to the nutritional aspects of crops, including nutrients and bioactive compounds that are often important for general human health and disease prevention. Phytocompounds such as allergens, antinutrients, antioxidants, vitamins, and fatty acids are among the most important classes of chemical substances that affect human health and thus contribute to the nutritional value of crops. Conventional breeding for these traits consists of laborious and time‐consuming methods, but recent advances in new genome editing (GE) technologies offer a valuable, time‐saving, and cost‐effective alternative. The article reports on the extensive use of GE tools to modify the content of health‐relevant bio‐compounds and to obtain crops with higher nutritional quality.https://doi.org/10.1002/fft2.70005CRISPR/Cas9crop breedingfoodgenome editingnutritional qualityphytocompounds |
| spellingShingle | Maria Dellino Claudio deGiovanni Monica Marilena Miazzi Cinzia Montemurro Domenica Nigro Genome Editing Technologies to Improve Health‐Related Phytocompounds in Crops Food Frontiers CRISPR/Cas9 crop breeding food genome editing nutritional quality phytocompounds |
| title | Genome Editing Technologies to Improve Health‐Related Phytocompounds in Crops |
| title_full | Genome Editing Technologies to Improve Health‐Related Phytocompounds in Crops |
| title_fullStr | Genome Editing Technologies to Improve Health‐Related Phytocompounds in Crops |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genome Editing Technologies to Improve Health‐Related Phytocompounds in Crops |
| title_short | Genome Editing Technologies to Improve Health‐Related Phytocompounds in Crops |
| title_sort | genome editing technologies to improve health related phytocompounds in crops |
| topic | CRISPR/Cas9 crop breeding food genome editing nutritional quality phytocompounds |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/fft2.70005 |
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