Quinoa for marginal environments: Towards future food and nutritional security in MENA and Central Asia regions
Quinoa is recognized as a crop of great value in terms of tolerance to abiotic stresses and there is growing interest to introduce it in marginal agricultural production systems worldwide. Also, quinoa is one of the most nutritious food crops currently known and the nutritive properties of the crop...
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| author | Redouane eChoukr-allah Kameswara Rao Nanduri Abdelaziz eHirich Mohammad eShahid Abdullah eAlshankiti Kristina eToderich Shagufta eGill Khalil Ur Rahman eButt |
| author_facet | Redouane eChoukr-allah Kameswara Rao Nanduri Abdelaziz eHirich Mohammad eShahid Abdullah eAlshankiti Kristina eToderich Shagufta eGill Khalil Ur Rahman eButt |
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| description | Quinoa is recognized as a crop of great value in terms of tolerance to abiotic stresses and there is growing interest to introduce it in marginal agricultural production systems worldwide. Also, quinoa is one of the most nutritious food crops currently known and the nutritive properties of the crop are seen as a means to fight malnutrition globally. Various quinoa cultivars have been screened for tolerance to salinity, water-use efficiency and nutritional quality and the positive attributes found in them have created even wider global interest in its cultivation. This paper summarizes 15 years of studies on assessing the potential for introducing the crop in a few countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Central Asia regions and describes the key constraints for scaling-up the production under marginal growing conditions in the newly introduced countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e3da61660bf44487bea2036126099f452022-12-22T03:24:33ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2016-03-01710.3389/fpls.2016.00346183664Quinoa for marginal environments: Towards future food and nutritional security in MENA and Central Asia regionsRedouane eChoukr-allah0Kameswara Rao Nanduri1Abdelaziz eHirich2Mohammad eShahid3Abdullah eAlshankiti4Kristina eToderich5Shagufta eGill6Khalil Ur Rahman eButt7International Center for Biosaline AgricultureInternational Center for Biosaline AgricultureInternational Center for Biosaline AgricultureInternational Center for Biosaline AgricultureInternational Center for Biosaline AgricultureInternational Center for Biosaline AgricultureInternational Center for Biosaline AgricultureInternational Center for Biosaline AgricultureQuinoa is recognized as a crop of great value in terms of tolerance to abiotic stresses and there is growing interest to introduce it in marginal agricultural production systems worldwide. Also, quinoa is one of the most nutritious food crops currently known and the nutritive properties of the crop are seen as a means to fight malnutrition globally. Various quinoa cultivars have been screened for tolerance to salinity, water-use efficiency and nutritional quality and the positive attributes found in them have created even wider global interest in its cultivation. This paper summarizes 15 years of studies on assessing the potential for introducing the crop in a few countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Central Asia regions and describes the key constraints for scaling-up the production under marginal growing conditions in the newly introduced countries.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.00346/fullyieldFood securitySalinityirrigationSowing dates |
| spellingShingle | Redouane eChoukr-allah Kameswara Rao Nanduri Abdelaziz eHirich Mohammad eShahid Abdullah eAlshankiti Kristina eToderich Shagufta eGill Khalil Ur Rahman eButt Quinoa for marginal environments: Towards future food and nutritional security in MENA and Central Asia regions Frontiers in Plant Science yield Food security Salinity irrigation Sowing dates |
| title | Quinoa for marginal environments: Towards future food and nutritional security in MENA and Central Asia regions |
| title_full | Quinoa for marginal environments: Towards future food and nutritional security in MENA and Central Asia regions |
| title_fullStr | Quinoa for marginal environments: Towards future food and nutritional security in MENA and Central Asia regions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quinoa for marginal environments: Towards future food and nutritional security in MENA and Central Asia regions |
| title_short | Quinoa for marginal environments: Towards future food and nutritional security in MENA and Central Asia regions |
| title_sort | quinoa for marginal environments towards future food and nutritional security in mena and central asia regions |
| topic | yield Food security Salinity irrigation Sowing dates |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.00346/full |
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