The road to micronutrient biofortification of rice: Progress and prospects

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Bashir, Khurram ^a   Takahashi, Ryuichi ^a   Nakanishi, Hiromi ^a   Nishizawa, Naoko K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofortification; Biosafety; Iron; Micronutrient transport; Oryza sativa L.; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887977690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00015     Document Type: Review

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