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From wild to tamed: Reimagining novel crops through omics and local plant diversity

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The global food system faces growing pressure from climate change, biodiversity loss, and rising nutritional demands. Agriculture has increased yields but reduced crop diversity, flavor, and nutritional quality, leaving societies vulnerable and dependent on a narrow set of staple species.
Alexandra Sanfeliu Meliá   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plant responses to iron nutrition with emphasis on the underutilized crop tef (Eragrostis tef): A review

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Iron (Fe) deficiency limits the physical health, cognitive development, and economic output of billions of people globally, especially children and productive‐age women. Tef is an underutilized and stress‐resilient crop, which is becoming popular for its grains containing high bioavailable Fe and has the potential to mitigate Fe deficiency.
Muhammad Numan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fonio (Digitaria exilis and Digitaria iburua) in Nigeria: Regional cultivation patterns, landrace diversity, and farmer knowledge for conserving a climate‐resilient indigenous cereal

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Fonio (Digitaria exilis and Digitaria iburua) cereals are valued for their drought resilience, adaptability to poor soils, and cultural importance. In Nigeria, where both species are cultivated, fonio has declined due to labor‐intensive processing, lower yields, and changing livelihood choices. By documenting 21 landraces (15 D. exilis and 6 D. iburua),
Ishaq Muawiyya   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil health assessment using buried cotton underpants with the help of 1000 citizen scientists

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Soil is a vital resource for life on Earth. Although many soils are degraded, societal awareness of soil‐related issues is limited. To highlight soil as a key resource and fascinating study system, we initiated a citizen science project together with 1000 participants investigating soil health across Switzerland using buried cotton underpants.
S. Franz Bender   +258 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of micronutrient deficiency and its impact on the outcome of childhood cancer: A prospective cohort study

Clinical Nutrition, 2022
BACKGROUND & AIMS Impact of micronutrient deficiency on childhood malignancy is unexplored. We estimated the prevalence of baseline micronutrient deficiency in children with cancer and its impact on event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS ...
Sandeep Agarwala   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Projected future distribution of date palm and its potential use in alleviating micronutrient deficiency

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2016
Mehdi Toghyani   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

The impact of micronutrient deficiency on pregnancy complications and development origin of health and disease

The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research, 2021
Due to the spread of the western style diet, which is characterized by high intake of processed food, micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) deficiency is increasing in the Japanese population of all ages and genders.
K. Kanasaki, Asako Kumagai
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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