Global population growth poses a threat to food security in an era of increased ecosystem
degradation, climate change, soil erosion, and biodiversity loss. In this context, harnessing …

Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most versatile crops and can be grown in diverse
environmental conditions and has diversified uses as human food and animal feed. Maize …

Zinc belongs to the mineral elements, the so-called micronutrients, which are essential for all
types of plants. Embedding itself into the enzymes associated with proteosynthesis and …

Zinc is plant micronutrient which is involved in many physiological functions its inadequate
supply will reduce crop yields. Zinc deficiency is the most wide spread micronutrient …

Deficits in the mineral Zn are responsible for a sizable proportion of the world's disease
burden and child mortality. With the increasing success rate of biofortification in major crops …

Abstract Background Zinc (Zn) deficiency is one of the most important micronutrient
disorders affecting human health. Wheat is the staple food for 35% of the world's population …

Plants require the proper balance of zinc (Zn) for normal growth and optimum yield. Interest
in Zn has risen in the last decade because Zn deficiency stress is extensive in many areas …

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 …

Put Theory into Practice Scarcity of natural resources, higher costs, higher demand, and
concerns about environmental pollution-under these circumstances, improving food supply …

The essential micronutrients for field crops are B, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, and Zn. Other mineral
nutrients at low concentrations considered essential to growth of some plants are Ni and Co …