Agronomic fortification of rice and wheat grains with zinc for nutritional security

Current Science

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1171-1176

  Ram, Hari ^a   Sohu, V S ^a   Cakmak, Ismail ^b   Singh, Kuldeep ^a   Buttar, G S ^a   Sodhi, G P S ^a   Gill, H S ^a   Bhagat, Indoo ^a   Singh, Parminder ^a   Dhaliwal, S S ^a   Mavi, G S ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Agronomic fortification; Rice; Wheat; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945925374     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18520/v109/i6/1171-1176     Document Type: Article

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