Transcriptome sequencing of Indian wheat varieties

Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the second most important staple food crop. It provides >50% of the daily calorific in daily food. Micronutrient deficiency causes a significant global public health issue that negatively impacts health, lifespan, and productivity. Increasing iron and zinc content through biofortification can be achieved by exploring molecular regulatory networks for micronutrient metabolism in cereal crops. The present study provides regulatory gene networks for micronutrient homeostasis through transcriptome analysis in three micronutrient variant wheat genotypes, FAR 4, HD 3226, and K 8027. FAR4 is a high Fe and Zn micronutrient variety while the other two (HD 3226 and K8027) are low Fe and Zn micronutrient varieties. Transcriptome sequencing of the above-mentioned was done at the Illumina platform. The present study will be useful to explore the micronutrient regulatory mechanism in wheat and a better understanding of the pathways associated with the mechanism.