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Combining ability and heterosis for grain iron biofortification in bread wheat.
Journal of the science of food and agriculture - 15 Mar 2020
Younas Abia, Sadaqat Hafeez Ahmad, Kashif Muhammad, Ahmed Nisar, Farooq Muhammad
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BACKGROUND: Iron is one of the nutrients that is essential for the human body. Despite the abundance of iron on earth, about two billion people worldwide are affected by iron deficiency. Iron biofortification of wheat, instead of supplementation and food fortification, provides a pragmatic approach to solve the problem of iron deficiency. In this study, 144 diverse wheat genotypes were evaluated for grain iron...
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