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 …

Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient for plants and animals. Unfortunately, deficiency of Zn
in humans has increased on a global scale. The main reason of this micronutrient deficiency …

Micronutrient deficiencies, especially those arising from zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe), pose serious
human health problems for more than 2 billion people worldwide. Wheat is a major source of …

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 …

This new edition provides current information on the nutritional requirements of world crops.
It presents research on the acquisition, accumulation, transport, and functions of chemical …

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 …

Zinc deficiency is a well-documented problem in food crops, causing decreased crop yields
and nutritional quality. Generally, the regions in the world with Zn-deficient soils are also …

Micronutrient malnutrition affects over 2 billion people in the develo** world. Iron (Fe)
deficiency alone affects> 47% of all preschool aged children globally, often leading to …

Key message A review of the available literature on genetics of yield and its component
traits, tolerance to abiotic stresses and biofortification should prove useful for future research …

Enhancing the nutritional value of food crops is a means of improving human nutrition and
health. We report here the positional cloning of Gpc-B1, a wheat quantitative trait locus …