Global warming and declining water resources are threatening the sustainability of rice
production and global food security. Conventional continuously flooded system (CF) of rice …

Zinc deficiency is the most ubiquitous micronutrient deficiency problem in world crops. Zinc
is essential for both plants and animals because it is a structural constituent and regulatory …

Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient for plants and humans. Nearly 50% of the agriculture
soils of world are Zn-deficient. The low availability of Zn reduces the yield and quality of the …

Biofortification is a long-term strategy of delivering more iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) to those most
in need. Plant breeding programs within the CGIAR and NARS have made major advances …

Abiotic environmental stresses negatively impact crop productivity and are major constraints
to global food security. As a consequence of global change, certain stress factors such as …

Abstract Background Zinc (Zn) deficiency is one of the important abiotic factors limiting rice
productivity worldwide and also a widespread nutritional disorder affecting human health …

Abstract Background Increasing zinc (Zn) concentration of rice seed has potential benefits
for human nutrition and health. Enhanced levels of Zn in grain also contributes greatly to …

Over the past 15 years, biofortification, the process of breeding nutrients into food crops, has
gained ample recognition as a cost-effective, complementary, feasible means of delivering …

Zinc (Zn) is one of the most essential micronutrients required for the growth and
development of human beings. More than one billion people, particularly children and …

Widespread malnutrition of zinc (Zn), iodine (I), iron (Fe) and selenium (Se), known as
hidden hunger, represents a predominant cause of several health complications in human …