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Enhancing the mineral and vitamin content of wheat and maize through plant breeding
2007-11-01
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More than half of the world's population suffers micronutrient undernourishment. The main sources of vitamins and minerals (iron, zinc, and vitamin A) for low-income rural and urban populations are staple foods of plant origin that often contain low levels or low bioavailability of these micronutrients. Biofortification aims to develop micronutrient-enhanced crop varieties through conventional plant breeding. Harv...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 806fb27f-9ba3-5e36-af97-47d4150904c5
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jcs.2007.06.005