Improvement of Selected Amaranthus Cultivars by Means of Mutation Induction and Biotechnological Approaches

In substance, all basic components of hum an nutrition, e.g. proteins, carbohydrates and lipids can be of a plant origin. At present, from more than 250 thousand well-known plant species only approximately 150 are used for food production. O f them, only 1/5 covers 95% of energy need, protein, carbohydrate and lipid consumption, approximately 80% being wheat, rice, rye, barley, oat, maize and millet.