Review: Breeding wheat for enhanced micronutrients

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-237

  Xu, Yunfeng ^a   An, Diaoguo ^a   Li, Hongjie ^b   Xu, Hongxing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Biofortification; Genetic variation; Iron; Zinc; Zn efficiency

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CULTIVATION; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC VARIATION; IRON; PROTEIN; SUSTAINABILITY; WHEAT; ZINC;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79956311294     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: 19181833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJPS10117     Document Type: Article

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