Biofortification of vegetables

MK Lal, A Kumar, HB Kardile, P Raigond… - Advances in agri-food …, 2020 - Springer
In the past few decades, the major concern on this planet was food security. After making a
successful lead in food security now, the developing nations are focusing on nutritional …

[PDF][PDF] Bio-fortification in horticultural crops

BVG Prasad, S Mohanta, S Rahaman… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2015 - researchgate.net
Increasing population, inadequate food and nutrition, hunger, malnourishment of vitamins
and micronutrients etc. are the biggest challenges to address most of the nations across the …

Biofortification: Introduction, approaches, limitations, and challenges

U Singh, CS Praharaj, SK Chaturvedi… - Biofortification of food crops, 2016 - Springer
Micronutrient malnutrition is known to affect more than half of the world's population and
considered to be among the most serious global challenges to humankind. Modern plant …

[HTML][HTML] Agronomic biofortification of food crops: a sustainable way to boost nutritional security

M Chaudhary, A Mandal, S Muduli… - Revisiting plant …, 2022 - intechopen.com
After the green revolution, there has been a substantial increase in the productivity of food
crops. But the nutritional aspect of crops could not keep pace with the growing demand of …

[PDF][PDF] Application of bio-fortification through plant breeding to improve the value of staple crops

T Mulualem - Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 2015 - academia.edu
Mineral deficiency is one of the main global challenges to human health for people who live
especially in developing world. It is known as 'Hidden hunger', results in poor growth and …

Biofortification of cereals to overcome hidden hunger

N Rawat, K Neelam, VK Tiwari, HS Dhaliwal - Plant Breeding, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
More than 60% of the world population suffers from iron deficiency, and over 30% of the
global population has zinc deficiency. Micronutrient deficiency leads to compromised health …

Biofortification: Golden way tosave life from micronutrient deficiency-A review

UN Shukla, ML Mishra - Agricultural Reviews, 2018 - indianjournals.com
More than half of the world's population is affected by micronutrient malnutrition or deficiency
and painstaking to be among the most seriousglobal challenges to humankind. Modern …

Historical overview of biofortification in crop plants and its implications

GP Mishra, HK Dikshit, Priti, B Kukreja, M Aski… - Biofortification of Staple …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Development of a crop variety having a significantly higher concentration of a
certain nutrient than the normal crop which is being grown is known as biofortification …

[HTML][HTML] Crop biofortification for iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and vitamin A with transgenic approaches

S Kumar, A Palve, C Joshi, RK Srivastava - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
Micronutrient malnutrition is an important issue in the developing countries especially in
Asia and Africa where millions of school-going children and pregnant women are affected …

Biofortification of crops for reducing malnutrition

GS Khush, S Lee, JI Cho, JS Jeon - Plant biotechnology reports, 2012 - Springer
Micronutrient deficiencies affect approximately 3 billion people worldwide. Malnutrition
hinders the development of human potential and social and economic development in …