Maize is a major source of food security and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA), Latin America, and the Caribbean, and is among the top three cereal crops in Asia …

Lysine and tryptophan are two essential amino acids and these are deficit in maize grain
thus posing the problem of nutritional deficiencies in the consumers. A wide range of …

Key message Genome-wide association study (GWAS) on 923 maize lines and validation in
bi-parental populations identified significant genomic regions for kernel-Zinc and-Iron in …

Zn deficiency is one of the leading health problems in children and women of developing
countries. Different interventions could be used to overcome malnutrition, but biofortification …

Micronutrient malnutrition particularly prevalent in resource poor families in the developing
world has emerged as a major health challenge. Billions of people worldwide suffer from …

Fertilizer-based biofortification is a strategy for combating worldwide malnutrition of zinc
(Zn), iron (Fe) and selenium (Se). Field experiments were conducted to investigate the …

Zinc (Zn) deficiency is a global nutritional problem that is reduced through agronomic
biofortification. In the current study, the effects of foliar spraying of exogenous ZnSO4· 7H2O …

Micronutrient enrichment in the major staple food crops is an important breeding goal in
view of the extensive problem of 'hidden hunger'caused by micronutrient malnutrition. Kernel …

Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient for plants and animals. Zinc-regulated transporters
and iron-regulated transporter-like proteins (ZIP) are important zinc transporters in plants …

Evaluating changes in the accumulation of grain minerals, including nitrogen (N), copper
(Cu), iron (Fe), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), phosphorus (P), and zinc …