How are biofortified spinach and maize considered nutritionally improved?
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Biofortified maize and wheat are considered nutritionally improved, because of following reasons:
(i) Maize hybrids have twice the amount of amino acid, lysine and tryptophan as compared to existing maize hybrids.
(ii) Atlas 66 has been used as a donor for developing wheat varieties with improved protein content.
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ANSWER:
The bio fortified spinach and maize are considered nutritionally improved because these hybrids have double amount of amino acid as compared to the normal breeds.
EXPLANATION:
These breed also has more amount of lysine, tryptophan as compared to the old breeds. These breeds also have many nutritional values as they are developed from the biotechnology process.
The effect of gene alteration and addition and manipulation created a desired quality of breeds which fulfill the requirements. In spinach the amount of iron is increased as compared to the old breeds.