Biofortification: Breeding Micronutrient-Dense Crops

Breeding Major Food Staples

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 61-91

  Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H ^a   McClafferty, Bonnie ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofortification; Breeding; Genetic variation; Micronutrient concentration; Provitamin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891349507     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470376447.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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