Enrichment of cereal grains with zinc: Agronomic or genetic biofortification?

Plant and Soil

Volumn 302, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Cakmak, Ismail ^a  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Agronomic biofortification; Breeding; Cereal grains; Genetic biofortification; Human health; Wheat; Zinc deficiency; Zinc fertilizers

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BRAIN; CEREAL; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING WORLD; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; ZINC;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 37749020238     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9466-3     Document Type: Review

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