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Selenium Biofortification: Strategies, Progress and Challenges

Agriculture (Switzerland), 2023
Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element for humans and animals. Its necessity for plants is still under examination. Due to the contradictory nature of Se and its significance, it has received much interest in recent years.
RenBin Zhu, Bismark Asante-Badu, Zhangmin Wang   +2 more
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Agronomic biofortification in crops with Zn: the zinc-iron interaction dilemma. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Agronomic biofortification of staple food crops with external supply of micronutrients offers a viable solution to alleviate the plant diet-based micronutrient deficiency, without any yield trade-off.
Debnath S, Saha S, Adhikary S, Mal S, Chakraborty M, Kumar S, Ram A, Khanam R, Ghosh D, Dash B, Padhan D, Mukherjee S, Yadav A, Biplab, Biswas T, Das S, Reddy MK, Sinha A, Batabyal K, Sarkar D, Mandal B.   +20 more
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Sodium Selenate Under Moderate Salinity Stress Enhances Selenium Concentration and Antioxidant Activity in Dill (<i>Anethum graveolens</i> L.) Across PFAL and Greenhouse Systems. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Enhancing selenium (Se) content of aromatic plants addresses micronutrient deficiencies affecting billions. Plants are the primary dietary Se source, so biofortification can enhance Se intake.
Profico CM, Hazrati S, Ertani A, Nicola S.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Microbial bioformulation: a microbial assisted biostimulating fertilization technique for sustainable agriculture

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Addressing the pressing issues of increased food demand, declining crop productivity under varying agroclimatic conditions, and the deteriorating soil health resulting from the overuse of agricultural chemicals, requires innovative and effective ...
Amir Khan, Ajay Veer Singh, Shiv Shanker Gautam, Aparna Agarwal, Arjita Punetha, Viabhav Kumar Upadhayay, Bharti Kukreti, Vindhya Bundela, Arun Kumar Jugran, Reeta Goel   +9 more
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Critical review of indicators, metrics, methods, and tools for monitoring and evaluation of biofortification programs at scale

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Sound monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems are needed to inform effective biofortification program management and implementation. Despite the existence of M&E frameworks for biofortification programs, the use of indicators, metrics, methods ...
Santiago Rodas-Moya, Francesca M. Giudici, Bho Mudyahoto, Ekin Birol, Stephen R. Kodish, Carl Lachat, Taymara C. Abreu, Taymara C. Abreu, Alida Melse-Boonstra, Karin H. van het Hof, Inge D. Brouwer, Saskia Osendarp, Saskia Osendarp, Edith J. M. Feskens   +13 more
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Insight into the Prospects for Nanotechnology in Wheat Biofortification

Biology, 2021
The deficiency of nutrients in food crops is a major issue affecting the health of human beings, mainly in underdeveloped areas. Despite the development in the methods of food fortification, several barriers such as lack of proper regulations and smaller
Mohd. Kamran Khan, Anamika Pandey, Mehmet Hamurcu, Sait Gezgin, Tabinda Athar, Vishnu D. Rajput, Om Prakash Gupta, Tatiana Minkina   +7 more
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Agronomic biofortification of food crops: An emerging opportunity for global food and nutritional security

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Fortification of food with mineral micronutrients and micronutrient supplementation occupied the center stage during the two-year-long Corona Pandemic, highlighting the urgent need to focus on micronutrition.
Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj, Sukirtee Chejara, Kapil Malik, Raj Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Rajender Kumar Yadav   +5 more
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Does Adoption of Biofortification Increase Return on Investment? Evidence from Wheat Farmers in China

Agronomy, 2022
Biofortification is a new agricultural intervention to alleviate hidden hunger in China and even the world. Exploring the impact of farmers′ adoption of biofortification on return on investment (ROI), which is calculated from farmers′ production net ...
Jing Zeng, Han Li, Yifan Tang, Ping Qing
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Nano-biofortification of different crops to immune against COVID-19: A review

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021
Human health and its improvement are the main target of several studies related to medical, agricultural and industrial sciences. The human health is the primary conclusion of many studies.
Hassan El-Ramady, Neama Abdalla, Heba Elbasiouny, Fathy Elbehiry, Tamer Elsakhawy, Alaa El-Dein Omara, Megahed Amer, Yousry Bayoumi, Tarek A. Shalaby, Yahya Eid, Muhammad Zia-ur- Rehman   +10 more
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Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Agronomic Biofortification: The Case of Iodine Biofortified Vegetables in Uganda

Horticulturae, 2023
Agronomic biofortification, the application of fertilizer to increase micronutrient concentrations in staple food crops, has been increasingly promoted as a valuable approach to alleviate micronutrient deficiencies, but its success inevitably depends on ...
Nathaline Onek Aparo, Solomon Olum, Alice Onek Atimango, Walter Odongo, Bonny Aloka, Duncan Ongeng, Xavier Gellynck, Hans De Steur   +7 more
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