Physiological limits to zinc biofortification of edible crops

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  White, Philip J ^a   Broadley, Martin R ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Bean; Cassava; Maize; Potato; Rice; Wheat; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869496305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00080     Document Type: Article

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