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Abstract



Towards Harnessing the ‘Crop of The Future’: An Insight into Grain Amaranth Genome

Subhashini Srinivasan, DBT Fellow & Faculty Scientist, Institute of Bioinformatics & Applied Biotechnology

Most cereals are low in lysine, one the most essential amino acids. Low lysine renders children vulnerable to infectious diseases and irreversibly compromised IQ. Most cereals are low in lysine, one of the most essential amino acids. Low Lysine renders children vulnerable to infectious diseases and irreversibly compromised. Although engineering high-lysine maize met with limited success, high-lysine rice and wheat displayed pathetic yield. The inherent inverse correlation between high-lysine and low-yield phenotypes is missing from grain Amaranths, a much-neglected pseudo-cereal. India happens to be one of a very few countries with continuous record of cultivation and consumption of grain Amaranths during recent times. Known by the names of rajgira or ramdana, the grain and its superior nutritional profile are still obscure to the masses. Our inte


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