Enhancing the chelation capacity of rice to maximise iron and zinc concentrations under elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide
Alexander A. T. Johnson
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School of Botany, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3010; Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia. Email: johnsa@unimelb.edu.au
Functional Plant Biology 40(2) 101-108 https://doi.org/10.1071/FP12029
Submitted: 25 January 2012 Accepted: 27 March 2012 Published: 11 May 2012
Abstract
Roughly half of the Earth’s seven billion people rely on rice as their primary source of food. The milled grain of rice, often referred to as polished or white rice, serves as a rich source of energy but is low in protein and several essential micronutrients such as iron and zinc. As a result, billions of people in rice-based countries suffer the debilitating effects of protein-energy and micronutrient malnutrition with symptoms including iron-deficiency anaemia, growth retardation and blindness. By 2050, the Earth’s atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) is expected to reach 550 μmol mol–1, representing a 70% increase from today’s concentration of 392 μmol mol–1. The impacts of elevated [CO2] on plant growth will likely include agronomically useful traits such as increased biomass, yield and water-use efficiency. However, increased plant productivity is likely to be accompanied by decreased protein and micronutrient mineral concentrations of cereal grain. This review focuses on the effects of carbon dioxide-enrichment on rice physiology and nutritional composition and proposes increased activity of the Strategy II iron uptake pathway as a promising method to maintain or increase iron and zinc concentrations in rice grain, and perhaps cereal grain in general, under elevated [CO2].
Additional keywords: biofortification, FACE, hidden hunger, nicotianamine, phytate, Strategy II.
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