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18006362

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
The nutrients in the human diet ultimately come from plants. However, all our major food crops lack certain essential vitamins and minerals. Although a varied diet provides adequate nutrition, much of the human population, particularly in developing countries, relies on staple crops, such as rice or maize, which does not provide the full complement of essential nutrients. Malnutrition is a significant public health issue in most of the developing world. One way to address this problem is through the enhancement of staple crops to increase their essential nutrient content. Here, we review the current strategies for the biofortification of crops, including mineral fertilization and conventional breeding but focusing on transgenic approaches which offer the most rapid way to develop high-nutrient commercial cultivars.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1360-1385
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
548-55
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Transgenic strategies for the nutritional enhancement of plants.
pubmed:affiliation
Universitat de Lleida, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, E-25198 Lleida, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't