Plant Breeding for Human Nutritional Quality

Plant Breeding Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue , 2009, Pages 325-392

  Simon, Philipp W ^a   Pollak, Linda M ^b   Clevidence, Beverly A ^c   Holden, Joannne M ^d   Haytowitz, David B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant breeding for human nutritional quality; Plant breeding strategies and intake of shortfall nutrients; Progress in breeding for nutrient content

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349143975     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470593783.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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