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Biofortification is the idea of
breeding crops to
increase their nutritional value. This can be done
either through conventional selective breeding, or...
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interventional strategies can be used:
Adding zinc to soil,
called agronomic biofortification,
which both
increases crop
yields and
provides more
dietary zinc. Adding...
- Broadley,
Martin R.; Pobliaciones,
Maria J. (2020). "Soil and
foliar zinc
biofortification of broccolini:
effects on
plant growth and
mineral ac****ulation". Crop...
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faster results and
provide greater quantities of food.
Transgenic biofortification in
cereals has been
considered as a
promising method to
combat malnutrition...
- phytate-laden food staples. Crop
breeding to
increase mineral density (
biofortification) or
reducing phytate content are
under preliminary research. Wikimedia...
- and
industrial fortification (wheat flour, corn meal,
cooking oils)
Biofortification (breeding
crops to
increase their nutritional value,
which can include...
- Vanderschuren, H.; Zhang, P. (2011). "The BioC****ava Plus Program:
Biofortification of C****ava for Sub-Saharan Africa".
Annual Review of
Plant Biology...
- E.; Boy, E.; De Moura, F.F.; Islam, Y.; Pfeiffer, W. H. (2013). "
Biofortification:
progress toward a more
nourishing ****ure".
Global Food Security. 2:...
- was
awarded the
World Food
Prize in 2016 for his
pioneering work on
biofortification.
Bouis was born in 1950 in Berkeley, California. He
received his BA...
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importance of
thiamine (vitamin B1) in
plant health: From crop
yield to
biofortification". The
Journal of
Biological Chemistry. 295 (34): 12002–13. doi:10.1074/jbc...
