High-value products from transgenic maize.
Maize (also known as corn) is a domesticated cereal grain that has been grown as food and animal feed for tens of thousands of years. It is currently the most widely grown crop in the world, and is used not only for food/feed but also to produce ethanol, industrial starches and oils. Maize is now at the beginning of a new agricultural revolution, where the grains are used as factories to synthesize high-value molecules. In this article we look at the diversity of high-value products from maize, recent technological advances in the field and the emerging regulatory framework that governs how transgenic maize plants and their products are grown, used and traded.
Naqvi
Shaista
S
Departament de Producció Vegetal i Ciència Forestal, Universitat de Lleida, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, Lleida, 25198, Spain.
Ramessar
Koreen
K
Farré
Gemma
G
Sabalza
Maite
M
Miralpeix
Bruna
B
Twyman
Richard M
RM
Capell
Teresa
T
Zhu
Changfu
C
Christou
Paul
P
D001709:Biotechnology / Q000191:economics*; D005502:Food; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D033161:Government Regulation; D007221:Industry; D008903:Minerals; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014815:Vitamins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003313:Zea mays / Q000191:economics / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
D008903:Minerals; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014815:Vitamins