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Breeding quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.): potential and perspectives

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Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) originated in the Andean region of South America; this species is associated with exceptional grain nutritional quality and is highly valued for its ability to tolerate abiotic stresses. However, its introduction outside the Andes has yet to take off on a large scale. In the Andes, quinoa has until recently been marginally grown by small-scale Andean farmers, leading to minor interest in the crop from urban consumers and the industry. Quinoa breeding programs were not initiated until the 1960s in the Andes, and elsewhere from the 1970s onwards. New molecular tools available for the existing quinoa breeding programs, which are critically examined in this review, will enable us to tackle the limitations of allotetraploidy and genetic specificities. The recent progress, together with the declaration of “The International Year of the Quinoa” by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, anticipates a bright future for this ancient species.

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Abbreviations

ABA:

Abscisic acid

BAC:

Bacterial artificial chromosome

EST:

Expressed sequence tag

FAO:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

GA:

Gibberellic acid

IYQ2013:

The International Year of the Quinoa

MAS:

Marker-assisted selection

NOR:

Nucleolus organizer region

NTS:

Non-transcribed spacers

PROINPA:

Fundación para la Promoción e Investigación de Productos Andinos

QTL:

Quantitative trait loci

RAPD:

Random amplified polymorphic DNA

RIL:

Recombinant inbred line

SRA:

Sequence read archive

SSR:

Simple sequence repeat

SNP:

Single nucleotide polymorphism

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The authors thank José Manuel Villegas for his valuable contribution to this article. Funding from the TWAS-ICGEB exchange program ‘Tolerance strategies of quinoa plants under salt stress’ (CRP.PB/CHI06–01), from the EU IRSES program (PIRSES-GA-14 2008–230862) and Innova Chile (BioTecZA 06FC01IBC-71) to Dr. Zurita-Silva is gratefully appreciated.

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  1. Centro de Investigación Intihuasi, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA), Colina San Joaquin s/n, PO Box 36-B, La Serena, Chile

    Andrés Zurita-Silva

  2. Facultad de Recursos Naturales Renovables, Universidad Arturo Prat, Av. Arturo Prat 2120, Iquique, Chile

    Francisco Fuentes

  3. Plant Sciences Department, University of California, One Shield Avenue, Davis, CA, USA

    Pablo Zamora

  4. Universidad de Tarapaca, Avenida General Velásquez 1775, Arica, Chile

    Pablo Zamora

  5. Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Højbakkegaard Allé 13, 2630, Taastrup, Denmark

    Sven-Erik Jacobsen

  6. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 306-22, Santiago, Chile

    Andrés R. Schwember

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Zurita-Silva, A., Fuentes, F., Zamora, P. et al. Breeding quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.): potential and perspectives. Mol Breeding 34, 13–30 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-014-0023-5

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