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Biofortification—A Sustainable Agricultural Strategy for Reducing Micronutrient Malnutrition in the Global South

2010-03-01

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Minerals and vitamins in food staples eaten widely by the poor may be increased either through conventional plant breeding or through use of transgenic techniques, a process known as biofortification HarvestPlus seeks to develop and distribute cultivars of food staples (rice [Oryza sativa L.], wheat [Triticum aestivum L.], maize [Zea mays L.], cassava [Manihot esculenta Crantz], pearl millet [Pennisetum americanum...

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Literature Corpus work: 5f7b72bb-178a-5a57-875b-6db9582a719d
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.09.0531

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