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Selenium Biofortification: Strategies, Progress and Challenges

Agriculture, 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.
Ofori Prince Danso, Bismark Asante-Badu, Zezhou Zhang, Jiaping Song, Zhangmin Wang, Xuebin Yin, Renbin Zhu   +6 more
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Biofortification: Future Challenges for a Newly Emerging Technology to Improve Nutrition Security Sustainably

Current Developments in Nutrition
Biofortification was coined as a term to define a plant breeding strategy to increase the micronutrient content of staple food crops to reduce the burden of micronutrient deficiencies in low- and middle-income countries. In 2003, the HarvestPlus program,
Howarth Bouis, Jennifer Foley, Keith Lividini, Jaya Jumrani, Russell Reinke, Dominique Van Der Straeten, Ronan Zagado, Erick Boy, Lynn R Brown, Bho Mudyahoto, Richard Alioma, Munawar Hussain, Wolfgang H Pfeiffer   +12 more
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Biofortification—A Frontier Novel Approach to Enrich Micronutrients in Field Crops to Encounter the Nutritional Security

Molecules, 2022
Globally, many developing countries are facing silent epidemics of nutritional deficiencies in human beings and animals. The lack of diversity in diet, i.e., cereal-based crops deficient in mineral nutrients is an additional threat to nutritional quality.
Salwinder Singh Dhaliwal, Vivek Sharma, Arvind Kumar Shukla, Vibha Verma, Manmeet Kaur, Yashbir Singh Shivay, Shahida Nisar, Ahmed Gaber, Marian Brestic, Viliam Barek, Milan Skalicky, Peter Ondrisik, Akbar Hossain   +12 more
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Biofortification of Mushrooms: A Promising Approach

Molecules
Mushrooms exhibit a broad spectrum of pharmacological activities and are widely used for medical purposes and in nutrition. Numerous bioactive metabolites are responsible for these activities. Their distribution and biological effects differ depending on
Klaudia Słyszyk, Marek Siwulski, Adrian Wiater, Michał Tomczyk, Adam Waśko   +4 more
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Role of socio-economic research in developing, delivering and scaling new crop varieties: the case of staple crop biofortification

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
The CGIAR biofortification program, HarvestPlus, was founded with the aim of improving the quality of diets through micronutrient-dense varieties of staple food crops.
Ekin Birol, Howarth E. Bouis
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Biofortification as a solution for addressing nutrient deficiencies and malnutrition

Heliyon
Malnutrition, defined as both undernutrition and overnutrition, is a major global health concern affecting millions of people. One possible way to address nutrient deficiency and combat malnutrition is through biofortification.
Bindu Naik, Vijay Kumar, Sheikh Rizwanuddin, Sadhna Mishra, Vivek Kumar, Per Erik Joakim Saris, Naresh Khanduri, Akhilesh Kumar, Piyush Pandey, Arun Kumar Gupta, Javed Masood Khan, Sarvesh Rustagi   +11 more
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Biofortification of potato nutrition

Journal of Advanced Research
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the fourth most important food crop after rice, wheat and maize in the world with the potential to feed the world's population, and potato is a major staple food in many countries. Currently, potato is grown in more than 100 countries and is consumed by more than 1 billion people worldwide, and the global annual output ...
Li, Linxuan, Zhu, Tingting, Wen, Lina, Zhang, Tanran, Ren, Maozhi   +4 more
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Biofortification of Triticum species: a stepping stone to combat malnutrition

BMC Plant Biology
Background Biofortification represents a promising and sustainable strategy for mitigating global nutrient deficiencies. However, its successful implementation poses significant challenges.
Jitendra Kumar, Dinesh Kumar Saini, Ashish Kumar, Supriya Kumari, Vijay Gahlaut, Mohammed Saba Rahim, Ajay Kumar Pandey, Monika Garg, Joy Roy   +8 more
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Biofortification: an approach to eradicate micronutrient deficiency

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023
Micronutrient deficiency also known as “hidden hunger” refers to a condition that occurs when the body lacks essential vitamins and minerals that are required in small amounts for proper growth, development and overall health.
Avnee, Sonia Sood, Desh Raj Chaudhary, Pooja Jhorar, Ranbir Singh Rana   +4 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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