Plant breeding: A new tool for fighting micronutrient malnutrition

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Bouis, Howarth E ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Biotechnology; Cost effective; Micronutrient malnutrition; Plant breeding

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; BREEDING METHOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DIET; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; MALNUTRITION; PLANT GROWTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL POPULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036198257     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.3.491s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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