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Biofortification: Progress toward a more nourishing future
Amy Saltzman,Ekin Birol,Howarth E. Bouis,Erick Boy,Fabiana F. De Moura,Yassir Islam,Wolfgang H. Pfeiffer +6 more
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The results of efficacy and effectiveness studies, as well as recent successes in delivery, provide evidence that biofortification is a promising strategy for combating hidden hunger.About:
This article is published in Global Food Security.The article was published on 2013-03-01. It has received 332 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Biofortification.read more
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Deciphering Genomic Regions for High Grain Iron and Zinc Content Using Association Mapping in Pearl Millet.
N. Anuradha,C. Tara Satyavathi,Chellapilla Bharadwaj,T. Nepolean,S. Mukesh Sankar,S. P. Singh,Mahesh C. Meena,Tripti Singhal,Rakesh K. Srivastava +8 more
TL;DR: Findings of the first attempt to mine favorable alleles for grain iron and zinc content through association mapping in pearl millet can help in breeding new lines with enhanced micronutrient content using marker-assisted selection (MAS) in pear millet leading to improved well-being especially for women and children.
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Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Correlated Traits in Cassava: Dry Matter and Total Carotenoid Content
Ismail Y. Rabbi,Lovina I. Udoh,Marnin D. Wolfe,Elizabeth Parkes,Melaku Gedil,Alfred G.O. Dixon,Punna Ramu,Jean-Luc Jannink,Peter Kulakow +8 more
TL;DR: Cassava, a starchy root crop, is a major source of dietary calories in the tropics, but most varieties consumed are poor in micronutrients, including pro‐vitamin A.
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Improving nutritional quality of rice for human health
TL;DR: It is concluded that besides representing a staple food, rice has the potential to become a source of various essential nutrients or bioactive compounds through appropriate genetic improvements to benefit human health and prevent certain chronic diseases.
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Phenomics in crop plants : trends, options and limitations
TL;DR: Plant Phenomics: An Overview, Harnessing Genomics through Phenomics, and Biometrical Approaches for Analysis of Phenotypic Data of Complex Traits.
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Efficacy of high zinc biofortified wheat in improvement of micronutrient status, and prevention of morbidity among preschool children and women - a double masked, randomized, controlled trial.
Sunil Sazawal,Usha Dhingra,Pratibha Dhingra,Arup Dutta,Saikat Deb,Jitendra Kumar,Prabhabati Devi,Ashish Prakash +7 more
TL;DR: Biofortified wheat flour had a good compliance among children and WCBAs and significant improvement on some of the self-reported morbidity indicators suggests that evaluating longer-term effects of biofortification with higher grain zinc content would be more appropriate.
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Biofortification: A New Tool to Reduce Micronutrient Malnutrition
TL;DR: Objective HarvestPlus seeks to develop and distribute varieties of food staples that are high in iron, zinc, and provitamin A through an interdisciplinary, global alliance of scientific institutions and implementing agencies in developing and developed countries.
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Biofortification of Staple Food Crops
TL;DR: Scientific evidence shows biofortification as being important in the armamentarium for controlling micronutrient deficiencies and the challenge is to get producers and consumers to accept biofortified crops and increase their intake of the target nutrients.
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HarvestPlus: Breeding Crops for Better Nutrition
TL;DR: For biofortification to succeed, product profiles developed by plant breeders must be driven by nutrition research and impact objectives and that nutrition research must understand that the probability of success for biofortified crops increases substantially when product concepts consider farmer adoption and, hence, agronomic superiority.
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A Food-Based Approach Introducing Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potatoes Increased Vitamin A Intake and Serum Retinol Concentrations in Young Children in Rural Mozambique
TL;DR: Integrated promotion of orange-fleshed sweet potato can complement other approaches and contribute to increases in vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations in young children in rural Mozambique and similar areas in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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β-Carotene–rich orange-fleshed sweet potato improves the vitamin A status of primary school children assessed with the modified-relative-dose-response test
Paul J van Jaarsveld,Mieke Faber,Sherry A. Tanumihardjo,P Nestel,Carl Lombard,Ambrose J Spinnler Benadé +5 more
TL;DR: Consumption of OFSP improves vitamin A status and can play a significant role in developing countries as a viable long-term food-based strategy for controlling vitamin A deficiency in children.
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