Planting seeds for the future of food

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1409-1414

  Green, Hilary ^a   Broun, Pierre ^a   Cakmak, Ismail ^b   Condon, Liam ^c   Fedoroff, Nina ^d   Gonzalez Valero, Juan ^e   Graham, Ian ^f   Lewis, Josette ^g   Moloney, Maurice ^h   Oniang'o, Ruth K ⁱ   Sanginga, Nteranya ^j   Shewry, Peter ^k   Roulin, Anne ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^g ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^j Rural Outreach Program   (Kenya)

^k INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

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Author keywords

Agriculture; Food security; Nutrition security; Plant science; Soil; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

SOIL; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; BOTANY; CATERING SERVICE; CHEMISTRY; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT; PROCEDURES; SOIL; TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE; BOTANY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 84959487911     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.7554     Document Type: Note

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