Objective
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolour L. Moench) ranks fifth, worldwide, in production among cereals and it is unique in that it is adapted to semi-arid environments. Sorghum grain with enhanced protein quality would contribute significantly to improving the nutritional value of the diets of people and livestock dependent on sorghum as major protein source. The proposed research aims at genetically enhancing the nutritional value of grain sorghum by the introduction of the methionine-rich maize betazein and the lysine-rich barley chymotrypsin inhibitor CI-2 genes, with the goal to produce transgenic sorghum plants with elevated lysine and methionine content. In addition, the establishment of a routine protocol for sorghum transformation technology in Africa will form the basis for further genetic enhancement of this crop for the benefit of sub-Saharan Africa.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- natural sciences biological sciences biochemistry biomolecules proteins
- medical and health sciences health sciences nutrition
- agricultural sciences animal and dairy science domestic animals animal husbandry
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture grains and oilseeds cereals
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Coordinator
BS41 9AF BRISTOL
United Kingdom
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