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Next-Generation Breeding for Nutritional Traits in Peanut

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Peanut, an important oilseed legume, is largely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. It is a source of vital nutrients and amino acids for optimal health. In addition to its health advantages, further enhancing the vitamin and protein content may aid in alleviating the issue of hidden hunger, particularly in Asian and African countries. Due to the availability of high-oleic peanut oil, consumers now have access to another inexpensive cooking oil that offers similar advantages to olive oil in terms of quality. Hence, there is a need to put immense focus on generating varieties of peanuts that are high in nutrients along with the yield, oil content, and disease resistance. Development of nutrient-rich peanuts can be accelerated through marker-assisted selection and genomics-assisted breeding, followed by functional characterization of the candidate genes. In addition to current research on breeding, genetics, and genomics studies, this review also deliberates on the possible application of genetic engineering and genome editing to improve nutritional traits.

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  1. International Crops Research Institute for the Semiarid Tropics, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

    Priya Shah & Manish Pandey

  2. Department of Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India

    Spurthi N. Nayak

  3. Department of Crop, Soil, & Environmental Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA

    Charles Chen

  4. ICAR-Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, Gujarat, India

    Sandip Bera

  5. Institute of Nutraceutical Research, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA

    Chittaranjan Kole

  6. Agricultural Science Center at Clovis, New Mexico State University, Clovis – New Mexico, USA

    Naveen Puppala

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Shah, P. et al. (2023). Next-Generation Breeding for Nutritional Traits in Peanut. In: Kole, C. (eds) Compendium of Crop Genome Designing for Nutraceuticals. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4169-6_15

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