Plant foods can serve as dietary sources of all essential minerals required by humans.
Unfortunately, mineral concentrations are low in some plants, especially many staple food …

Humans and other animals are immensely dependent on plant species to provide them with
dietary minerals. Plants can contain a broad range of mineral elements, but concentrations …

Humans require more than 22 mineral elements, which can all be supplied by an
appropriate diet. However, the diets of populations subsisting on cereals, or inhabiting …

Edible plants enhanced with minerals were tested to determine whether these plants could
be used as a new source of mineral dietary supplements that provide essential minerals in a …

The micronutrients iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu) are essential for plants and the
humans and animals that consume plants. Increasing the micronutrient density of staple …

Plant-based foods offer an array of nutrients that are essential for human nutrition and
promote good health. However, the major staple crops of the world are often deficient in …

The principal dietary source to humans of the essential cationic mineral elements potassium,
magnesium and calcium is through edible plants. The accumulation of these elements in …

Staple food crops, in particular cereal grains, are poor sources of key mineral nutrients. As a
result, the world's poorest people, generally those subsisting on a monotonous cereal diet …

Highlights•Biofortification involves the synthesis or accumulation of nutrients at
source.•Nutrient bioavailability is an intrinsic property that depends on the food …

The first book on crop nutrition that covers topics from soil hydrology to molecular biology!
The first book ever to elucidate so many different aspects of mineral nutrition of crops …