Rice grain nutritional traits and their enhancement using relevant genes and QTLs through advanced approaches

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Table 4 Utilization of micronutrient traits related genes in rice for the improvement

S. no	Gene	Functions	References
1	OsZIP1	Vascular bundles, Epidermis and mesophyll celss	Lee et al. (2010), Ishimaru et al. (2011)
2	OsZIP3	Vascular bundles, Epidermal cells in stem	Ishimaru et al. (2011)
3	OsZIP4	Meristem, Vascular bundles, Epidermis and mesophyll celss	Lee et al. (2010), Ishimaru et al. (2011)
4	OsNAS3	Vascular bundles, Epidermis	Lee et al. (2010), Ishimaru et al. (2011)
5	OsYSL15	Fe transporters	Masuda et al. (2013)
6	OsYSL2, OsNAAT1 and OsNAC	High grain Zn content	Chandel et al. (2011)
7	OsNAC, OsZIP8a, OsZIP8c and OsZIP4	grain zinc content	Gande et al. (2014)
8	OsZIP8	Leaf blade, root, stem, anther, ovary and embryo	Bashir et al. (2012)
9	OsNRAMP7	High grain Zn content	Chandel et al. (2011)
10	OsNRAMP75	Mid grain filling stage
11	OsNAAT1	High grain zn content	Chandel et al. (2011)
12	OsVIT1	High grain zn content	Chandel et al. (2011)
13	OsAAP6	grain protein content and nutritional quality	Peng et al. (2014)
14	Osfer2	Increases of iron content in grain	Paul et al. (2012)
15	MOT1(molybdenum transporter 1)	grain molybdenum concentration	Norton et al. (2014)
16	COPT1 and COPT2 (copper transport)	grain copper concentration	Norton et al. (2014)
17	Lsi1(arsenic transport)	inter and extra cellular transporters of arsenic	Ma et al. (2008), Norton et al. (2014)