The contribution of transgenic plants to better health through improved nutrition: opportunities and constraints

Field trials and tribulations-making sense of the regulations for experimental field trials of transgenic crops in Europe

(2012) Sonia Gómez-Galera et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Constitutive expression of a barley Fe phytosiderophore transporter increases alkaline soil tolerance and results in iron partitioning between vegetative and storage tissues under stress

(2012) Sonia Gómez-Galera et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Transgenic rice grains expressing a heterologous ρ-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase shift tocopherol synthesis from the γ to the α isoform without increasing absolute tocopherol levels

(2012) Gemma Farré et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Plasma omega-3 fatty acids and incident diabetes in older adults

(2011) Luc Djoussé et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

The BioCassava Plus Program: Biofortification of Cassava for Sub-Saharan Africa

(2011) Richard Sayre et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Impact of Bt cotton on pesticide poisoning in smallholder agriculture: A panel data analysis

(2011) Shahzad Kouser et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

A golden era—pro-vitamin A enhancement in diverse crops

(2011) Chao Bai et al.   IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-PLANT

EU legitimizes GM crop exclusion zones

(2011) Maite Sabalza et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Enhancing ascorbate in fruits and tubers through over-expression of the l-galactose pathway gene GDP-l-galactose phosphorylase

(2011) Sean Bulley et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Bio-available zinc in rice seeds is increased by activation tagging of nicotianamine synthase

(2011) Sichul Lee et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Bacillus thuringiensis: a century of research, development and commercial applications

(2011) Georgina Sanahuja et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

How Can Research on Plants Contribute to Promoting Human Health?

(2011) Cathie Martin et al.   PLANT CELL

The potential impact of plant biotechnology on the Millennium Development Goals

(2011) Dawei Yuan et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Constitutive Overexpression of the OsNAS Gene Family Reveals Single-Gene Strategies for Effective Iron- and Zinc-Biofortification of Rice Endosperm

(2011) Alexander A. T. Johnson et al.   PLoS One

Nutritious crops producing multiple carotenoids – a metabolic balancing act

(2011) Gemma Farré et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Nutritionally enhanced crops and food security: scientific achievements versus political expediency

(2010) Gemma Farre et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Going to ridiculous lengths—European coexistence regulations for GM crops

(2010) Koreen Ramessar et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

The costly benefits of opposing agricultural biotechnology

(2010) Andrew Apel   New Biotechnology

Synergistic metabolism in hybrid corn indicates bottlenecks in the carotenoid pathway and leads to the accumulation of extraordinary levels of the nutritionally important carotenoid zeaxanthin

(2010) Shaista Naqvi et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Provitamin A Accumulation in Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Roots Driven by a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in a Phytoene Synthase Gene

(2010) Ralf Welsch et al.   PLANT CELL

Travel advice on the road to carotenoids in plants

(2010) Gemma Farré et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Nicotianamine, a Novel Enhancer of Rice Iron Bioavailability to Humans

(2010) Luqing Zheng et al.   PLoS One

Calcium storage in plants and the implications for calcium biofortification

(2010) Maclin Dayod et al.   PROTOPLASMA

Simultaneous expression of Arabidopsis ρ-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase and MPBQ methyltransferase in transgenic corn kernels triples the tocopherol content

(2010) Shaista Naqvi et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Bt crops and food security in developing countries: realised benefits, sustainable use and lowering barriers to adoption

(2010) Alan Raybould et al.   Food Security

Golden Rice is an effective source of vitamin A

(2009) Guangwen Tang et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Genetically Engineered Plants and Foods: A Scientist's Analysis of the Issues (Part II)

(2009) Peggy G. Lemaux   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Enhanced ascorbic acid accumulation in transgenic potato confers tolerance to various abiotic stresses

(2009) Hemavathi et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

The humanitarian impact of plant biotechnology: recent breakthroughs vs bottlenecks for adoption

(2009) Gemma Farre et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Expression ofphytoene synthase1and Carotene DesaturasecrtIGenes Result in an Increase in the Total Carotenoids Content in Transgenic Elite Wheat (Triticum aestivumL.)

(2009) Ling Cong et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Evaluation of amino acid content and nutritional quality of transgenic soybean seeds with high-level tryptophan accumulation

(2009) Masao Ishimoto et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Rice endosperm iron biofortification by targeted and synergistic action of nicotianamine synthase and ferritin

(2009) Judith Wirth et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Transgenic approach to improve wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) nutritional quality

(2009) Cecília Tamás et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Iron fortification of rice seeds through activation of the nicotianamine synthase gene

(2009) S. Lee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transgenic multivitamin corn through biofortification of endosperm with three vitamins representing three distinct metabolic pathways

(2009) S. Naqvi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Critical evaluation of strategies for mineral fortification of staple food crops

(2009) Sonia Gómez-Galera et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

The Economics of Genetically Modified Crops

(2009) Matin Qaim   Annual Review of Resource Economics

Metabolic engineering of ketocarotenoid biosynthesis in higher plants

(2008) Changfu Zhu et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Effect of the cauliflower Or transgene on carotenoid accumulation and chromoplast formation in transgenic potato tubers

(2008) A. B. Lopez et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Generation of transgenic maize with enhanced provitamin A content

(2008) Maneesha Aluru et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Effect of a nutrition intervention during early childhood on economic productivity in Guatemalan adults

(2008) John Hoddinott et al.   LANCET

Calling the tunes on transgenic crops: the case for regulatory harmony

(2008) Koreen Ramessar et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Sensory analysis of calcium-biofortified lettuce

(2008) Sunghun Park et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Generation of stable ‘low phytic acid’ transgenic rice through antisense repression of the 1d-myo-inositol 3-phosphate synthase gene (RINO1) using the 18-kDa oleosin promoter

(2008) Mio Kuwano et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Biofortified and bioavailable: The gold standard for plant-based diets

(2008) J. Jeong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Combinatorial genetic transformation generates a library of metabolic phenotypes for the carotenoid pathway in maize

(2008) C. Zhu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Raising the bar for biofortification: enhanced levels of bioavailable calcium in carrots

(2008) Erin L. Connolly   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Nutritional improvements in plants: time to bite on biofortified foods

(2008) Kendal Hirschi   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Zinc biofortification of cereals: problems and solutions

(2008) Michael G. Palmgren et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE