Can genetic engineering improve oil content and seed yield in sesame plants?
Genetic engineering techniques have been used to enhance the oil content and seed yield in sesame plants by targeting essential enzymes involved in oil synthesis, including diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT), phospholipid diacylglycerol acyltransferases (PDAT), fatty acid desaturases (FAD), and cytochrome b 5 (Muthulakshmi et al., 2021).
What is sesame oil?
1. Introduction Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is one of the oldest cultivated oilseed crops, known for its resilient growth in arid conditions and highly valued seeds for their oil and nutritional content.
What is a sesame plant?
sesame, (Sesamum indicum), erect annual plant of the family Pedaliaceae, grown since antiquity for its seeds, which are used as food and flavouring and from which a prized oil is extracted. Widely cultivated, the sesame plant is found in most of the tropical, subtropical, and southern temperate areas of the world.
What is Sesamum indicum?
Sesamum indicum is an important seed and oil producing plant known all over the world. The seed is not only a source of edible oil but also the sesame seed itself provides nutritive values for humans. In the countries of Eastern Asia, baked and unbaked sesame seed oil is widely used, especially in Japan and China.