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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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Contributions of biotechnology to meeting future food and environmental security needs [PDF]
, 2018 Biotechnology, including genetic modifications, can play a vital role in helping to meet future food and environmental security needs for our growing population.
Gartland, Jill S., Gartland, Kevan
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Tackling the drivers of child undernutrition in developing countries : What works and how should interventions be designed? [PDF]
, 2010 OBJECTIVE: The present paper presents a synthesis of available evidence to support action on the interventions that can effectively address the main drivers of child undernutrition in developing countries.
Carr-Hill, Roy, Pridmore, Pat
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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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Advances in Genomic Interventions for Wheat Biofortification: A Review
Agronomy, 2020 Wheat is an essential constituent of cereal-based diets, and one of the most significant sources of calories. However, modern wheat varieties are low in proteins and minerals.
Dinesh Kumar Saini +2 more
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Frontiers in Agronomy, 2022 Modern agriculture pays attention to improving agricultural production by producing zinc-enriched crops through zinc-solubilizing bacteria to strengthen the bioeconomy.
Viabhav Kumar Upadhayay +3 more
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Biofortification and phytoremediation of selenium in China
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2015 Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element for humans and animals but at high concentrations, Se becomes toxic to organisms due to Se replacing sulfur in proteins.
Zhilin eWu +7 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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Agronomic biofortification with zinc and iron to enhance nutrient concentrations in mango
Environment Conservation Journal, 2023 Biofortification is a global-scale agricultural approach that can improve human nutrition. Agronomic biofortification is viewed as a quick-fix and supplemental approach.
Archana Mahida +3 more
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Chemical Composition of Frozen Biofortified Pepper and Pumpkin [PDF]
, 2016 Practicability of the use of biofortified sweet pepper of Zoloto Skifov variety and pumpkins of Sviten variety for processing by freezing is proved.
Deinychenko, G. (Gregoriy) +1 more
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