2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Production of high iron and zinc Koshihikari rice by ion beam irradiation
Project/Area Number |
15K21276
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Plant nutrition/Soil science
Science in genetics and breeding
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Research Institution | Ishikawa Prefectural University |
Principal Investigator |
MASUDA Hiroshi 石川県立大学, 生物資源環境学部, 特別研究員 (40605268)
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Research Collaborator |
KOBAYASHI Takanori
NISHIZAWA Naoko
HASHIMOTO Mitsuo
NAKAMURA Keiji
NAKANISHI Hiromi
ISHIKAWA Satoru
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Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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Keywords | イネ / 鉄 / 亜鉛 / 栄養強化 / 育種 / 重イオンビーム |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Iron (Fe) deficiency anemia is a very serious micronutrient problem in the world, especially in Asian countries where rice is a main staple food, including Japan. In this research, we applied ion-beam mutation and screening method to obtain high Fe and Zn rice. Heavy ion-beam (carbon ion 12C6+) was irradiated to the most popular rice variety in Japan, Koshihikari, at Japan Atomic Energy Agency (Takasaki, Gunma, Japan). Koshihikari mutant rice cultivated in the field on 2015 and 2016 were analyzed for metal concentration in the grains, and high Fe and Zn lines were selected in each generation. Fe or Zn concentration in polished seeds were increased up to 2 or 1.5 times, respectively, in selected mutant lines compared to wild type rice.
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Free Research Field |
植物栄養学
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