Nutritional deficiency is becoming a universal problem, resulting in poor health, low worker
productivity, high rates of mortality and morbidity. Large-scale dietary improvements are …

Two plant production-based strategies–biofortification and dietary diversification–have been
advocated to overcome micronutrient deficiencies, which are major contributors to morbidity …

Malnutrition is now the leading avoidable cause of death and disability in the world. One
aspect of malnutrition is hidden hunger, a lack of micronutrients in the diet resulting in poor …

Malnutrition results in enormous socio-economic costs to the individual, their community,
and the nation's economy. The evidence suggests an overall negative impact of climate …

Traditional maize is poor in vitamin-E [α-tocopherol (α-T): 6–8 ppm], vitamin-A [provitamin-A
(proA): 1–2ppm], lysine (0.150–0.2–50%), and tryptophan (0.030–0.040%). Here, we …

Waxy maize rich in amylopectin has emerged as a preferred food. However, waxy maize is
poor in lysine and tryptophan, deficiency of which cause severe health problems. So far, no …

Several maize breeding programs in India have developed numerous inbred lines but the
lines have not been characterized using high-density molecular markers. Here, we studied …

Maize has emerged as an important crop for food, feed and various applications. Utilization
of hybrid technology has resulted in a quantum jump in grain production worldwide …

Biofortification of provitamin A in maize is an attractive and sustainable remedy to the
problem of vitamin A deficiency in develo** countries. The utilization of molecular markers …

Traditional maize possesses low lysine (0.150− 0.250%) and tryptophan (0.030− 0.040%)
essential for human growth and development. So far, no maize hybrid with recessive …