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 …

Agronomic biofortification of cereals with zinc: a review

I Cakmak, UB Kutman - European journal of soil science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc (Zn) still represents an important health problem in develo** countries, caused
mainly by inadequate dietary intake. A large consumption of cereal‐based foods with small …
A Kiran, A Wakeel, K Mahmood, R Mubaraka, Hafsa… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Micronutrient malnutrition is a global health challenge affecting almost half of the global
population, causing poor physical and mental development of children and a wide range of …

Simultaneous biofortification of wheat with zinc, iodine, selenium, and iron through foliar treatment of a micronutrient cocktail in six countries

C Zou, Y Du, A Rashid, H Ram, E Savasli… - Journal of agricultural …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Field experiments were conducted on wheat to study the effects of foliar-applied iodine (I)
alone, Zn (zinc) alone, and a micronutrient cocktail solution containing I, Zn, Se (selenium) …

Foliar nutrition: Potential and challenges under multifaceted agriculture

M Ishfaq, A Kiran, H ur Rehman, M Farooq… - Environmental and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil-derived nutrients by plant roots can be limited under increasing environmental stresses
such as higher incidence and duration of heat and drought, which affect agricultural …

Agronomic biofortification of food crops: An emerging opportunity for global food and nutritional security

AK Bhardwaj, S Chejara, K Malik, R Kumar… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Fortification of food with mineral micronutrients and micronutrient supplementation occupied
the center stage during the two-year-long Corona Pandemic, highlighting the urgent need to …

Foliar application: from plant nutrition to biofortification

T Alshaal, H El-Ramady - Environment, Biodiversity and Soil …, 2017 - jenvbs.journals.ekb.eg
It is well known that, sustainable agriculture is an important part of sustainable development.
This sustainable agriculture should lead to achieve food security and maintain the …

Simultaneous biofortification of rice with zinc, iodine, iron and selenium through foliar treatment of a micronutrient cocktail in five countries

C Prom-U-Thai, A Rashid, H Ram, C Zou… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Widespread malnutrition of zinc (Zn), iodine (I), iron (Fe) and selenium (Se), known as
hidden hunger, represents a predominant cause of several health complications in human …