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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 +10 more
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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 +7 more
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Biofortification and phytoremediation
Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2009 Producing nutritious and safe foods sufficiently and sustainably is the ultimate goal of modern agriculture. Past efforts have focused on increasing crop yields, but enhancing the concentrations of mineral micronutrients has become an urgent task because about half of the world population suffers from the malnutrition of iron, zinc, and selenium ...
Zhao, F-J., McGrath, S. P.
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Foods, 2023 Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element that plays a crucial role in maintaining the health of humans, animals, and certain plants. It is extensively present throughout the Earth’s crust and is absorbed by crops in the form of selenates and selenite,
Bingqi Zhou +6 more
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Evaluation of Fomitopsis betulina strains for growth on different media and exopolysaccharide production [PDF]
Archives of Biological SciencesFomitopsis betulina is a widespread macromycete with valuable medicinal potential. This study screened 22 different F. betulina strains for mycelial growth on various media and exopolysaccharide production. Strain-specific features of F.
Kizitska Tetiana +3 more
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Iron Biofortification of Myanmar Rice [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2013 Iron (Fe) deficiency elevates human mortality rates, especially in developing countries. In Myanmar, the prevalence of Fe-deficient anemia in children and pregnant women are 75 and 71%, respectively. Myanmar people have one of the highest per capita rice consumption rates globally.
May Sann Aung +6 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) productivity and nutritional quality are declining due to less nutrient accessibility, poor soil health, and indigent agronomic practices in hilly regions, which collectively led to a fall in farmer’s income, and to ...
Amir Khan +7 more
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Thiamin biofortification of crops [PDF]
Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2017 Thiamin is essential for human health. While plants are the ultimate source of thiamin in most human diets, staple foods like white rice have low thiamin content. Therefore, populations whose diets are mainly based on low-thiamin staple crops suffer from thiamin deficiency.
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Finger on the Pulse: Pumping Iron into Chickpea
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017 Iron deficiency is a major problem in both developing and developed countries, and much of this can be attributed to insufficient dietary intake. Over the past decades several measures, such as supplementation and food fortification, have helped to ...
Grace Z. H. Tan +6 more
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