Biofortified crops generated by breeding, agronomy, and transgenic approaches are improving lives of millions of people around the world

M Garg, N Sharma, S Sharma, P Kapoor… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Biofortification is an upcoming, promising, cost-effective, and sustainable technique of
delivering micronutrients to a population that has limited access to diverse diets and other …

Millet grains: nutritional quality, processing, and potential health benefits

ASM Saleh, Q Zhang, J Chen… - … reviews in food science …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In the 21st century, climate changes, water scarcity, increasing world population, rising food
prices, and other socioeconomic impacts are expected to generate a great threat to …

Biofortification of pulse crops: Status and future perspectives

AB Jha, TD Warkentin - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biofortification through plant breeding is a sustainable approach to improve the nutritional
profile of food crops. The majority of the world's population depends on staple food crops; …

Biofortification of crops with seven mineral elements often lacking in human diets–iron, zinc, copper, calcium, magnesium, selenium and iodine

PJ White, MR Broadley - New phytologist, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The diets of over two‐thirds of the world's population lack one or more essential mineral
elements. This can be remedied through dietary diversification, mineral supplementation …

Breeding for micronutrients in staple food crops from a human nutrition perspective

RM Welch, RD Graham - Journal of experimental botany, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Over three billion people are currently micronutrient (ie micronutrient elements and vitamins)
malnourished, resulting in egregious societal costs including learning disabilities among …

Proso Millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) and Its Potential for Cultivation in the Pacific Northwest, US: A Review

C Habiyaremye, JB Matanguihan… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is a warm season grass with a growing season of 60–
100 days. It is a highly nutritious cereal grain used for human consumption, bird seed, and/or …

Significance of coarse cereals in health and nutrition: a review

KD Kaur, A Jha, L Sabikhi, AK Singh - Journal of food science and …, 2014 - Springer
This review assesses the nutritional attributes of coarse cereals and also their utilization as
food and as formulated foods. These cereals are laden with phytochemicals including …

Nutrient biofortification of food crops

KD Hirschi - Annual review of nutrition, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Plant-based foods offer an array of nutrients that are essential for human nutrition and
promote good health. However, the major staple crops of the world are often deficient in …

Producing more with less: Strategies and novel technologies for plant-based food biofortification

SMP Carvalho, MW Vasconcelos - Food Research International, 2013 - Elsevier
About half of the world population suffers from the malnutrition of iron, zinc, calcium, iodine
and selenium. Most of the major staple crops of the world, such as rice, wheat, cassava …

Agriculture: the real nexus for enhancing bioavailable micronutrients in food crops

RM Welch, RD Graham - Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and …, 2005 - Elsevier
Human existence requires that agriculture provide at least 50 nutrients (eg, vitamins,
minerals, trace elements, amino acids, essential fatty acids) in amounts needed to meet …