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 …

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 …

HarvestPlus: breeding crops for better nutrition

WH Pfeiffer, B McClafferty - Crop Science, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Micronutrient malnutrition, the so‐called hidden hunger, affects more than one‐half of the
world's population, especially women and preschool children in develo** countries …

Physiological limits to zinc biofortification of edible crops

PJ White, MR Broadley - Frontiers in plant science, 2011 - frontiersin.org
It has been estimated that one-third of the world's population lack sufficient Zn for adequate
nutrition. This can be alleviated by increasing dietary Zn intakes through Zn biofortification of …

Biochemical changes in phenols, flavonoids, tannins, vitamin E, β–carotene and antioxidant activity during soaking of three white sorghum varieties

AEMMR Afify, HS El-Beltagi, SM Abd El-Salam… - Asian Pacific journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the changes in total phenols, flavonoids, tannins, vitamin E, β-
carotene and antioxidant activity during soaking of three white sorghum varieties. Methods …

Characterization of phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] grains

H Punia, J Tokas, A Malik, Satpal… - Cereal Research …, 2021 - Springer
Among cereals, sorghum, a gluten-free cereal is a rich source of bioactive polyphenols and
dietary antioxidants. Sorghum polyphenolic compounds were characterized and quantified …

Increasing the utilisation of sorghum, millets and pseudocereals: Developments in the science of their phenolic phytochemicals, biofortification and protein …

JRN Taylor, PS Belton, T Beta, KG Duodu - Journal of Cereal Science, 2014 - Elsevier
There is considerable interest in sorghum, millets and pseudocereals for their phytochemical
content, their nutritional potential and their use in gluten-free products. They are generally …

Genome-wide association study and expression of candidate genes for Fe and Zn concentration in sorghum grains

NR Thakur, S Gorthy, AK Vemula, DA Odeny… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Sorghum germplasm showed grain Fe and Zn genetic variability, but a few varieties were
biofortified with these minerals. This work contributes to narrowing this gap. Fe and Zn …

Genetic enhancement of grain iron and zinc content in pearl millet

KN Rai, M Govindaraj, AS Rao - … and Safety of Crops & Foods, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is a highly nutritious warm
season cereal. In a major initiative to further improve its nutritive value, a partnership based …

Biofortification of cereals to overcome hidden hunger

N Rawat, K Neelam, VK Tiwari, HS Dhaliwal - Plant Breeding, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
More than 60% of the world population suffers from iron deficiency, and over 30% of the
global population has zinc deficiency. Micronutrient deficiency leads to compromised health …