Plants are the ultimate source of iron in our diet, either directly as staple crops and
vegetables or indirectly via animal fodder. Increasing the iron concentration of edible parts of …

Nutritional stress is making over two billion world population malnourished. Either our
commercially cultivated varieties of cereals, pulses, and oilseed crops are deficient in …

Climate change has been a serious problem in our industrialized world for the last century.
We have faced its devastating effects on the environment, agriculture and human …

Meta-QTL (MQTL) analysis is a robust approach for genetic dissection of complex
quantitative traits. Rice varieties adapted to non-flooded cultivation are highly desirable in …

Background Common bean is an important staple crop in the tropics of Africa, Asia and the
Americas. Particularly smallholder farmers rely on bean as a source for calories, protein and …

Biofortification breeding for three important micronutrients for human health, namely, iron
(Fe), zinc (Zn), and provitamin A (PVA), has gained momentum in recent years. HarvestPlus …

Micronutrient deficiencies (hidden hunger), particularly in iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn), remain one
of the most serious public health challenges, affecting more than three billion people …

Mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) quality is dependent on seed chemical composition, which in
turn determines the benefits of its consumption for human health and nutrition. While mung …

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a staple food of smallholder farmers and poor
urban consumers in Latin America and eastern-southern Africa among whom iron deficiency …

Micronutrient malnutrition is one of the main public health problems in many parts of the
world. This problem raises the attention of all valuable sources of micronutrients for the …