Humans require more than 22 mineral elements, which can all be supplied by an
appropriate diet. However, the diets of populations subsisting on cereals, or inhabiting …

Macro and micronutrient deficiencies pose serious health challenges globally, with the
largest impact in develo** regions such as subSaharan Africa (SSA), Latin America and …

Climate change has been a serious problem in our industrialized world for the last century.
We have faced its devastating effects on the environment, agriculture and human …

Micronutrient malnutrition is a major health problem in China. According to a national
nutritional survey, approximately 24% of all Chinese children suffer from a serious deficiency …

Zn deficiency is one of the leading health problems in children and women of develo**
countries. Different interventions could be used to overcome malnutrition, but biofortification …

The low grain iron and zinc densities are well documented problems in food crops, affecting
crop nutritional quality especially in cereals. Sorghum is a major source of energy and …

Genetics of micronutrients and their relationships with grain yield and other traits have a
direct bearing on devising effective strategies for breeding biofortified crop cultivars. A line× …

Nineteen wild emmer wheat Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccoides (Körn.) Thell. genotypes
were evaluated for the grain concentrations of phosphorous (P), potassium (K), sulfur (S) …

Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is an important staple food crop in the semiarid
tropical regions of Asia and Africa. As part of a major initiative to improve its grain Fe and Zn …

Genetic improvement of rice for grain micronutrients, viz., iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) content is
one of the important breeding objectives, in addition to yield improvement under the irrigated …