Micronutrient density and stability in West African pearl millet-potential for biofortification

Crop Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1709-1720

  Pucher, Anna ^a   Høgh Jensen, Henning ^b   Gondah, Jadah ^c   Hash, C Tom ^d   Haussmann, Bettina I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Institut National de Recherche Agronomique du Niger INRAN   (Niger)

^d ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

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EID: 84903122884     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2013.11.0744     Document Type: Article

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