Journal of Nutraceuticals and Food Science

Zinc Biofortification

Zinc (Zn) deficiency is also a major health issue in developed nations, owing to insufficient dietary consumption. The main cause of this issue is a high intake of cereal-based foods with low Zn concentrations and bioavailability. Zn concentrations in modern cereal cultivars are inherently low, and they cannot satisfy the human demand for Zn. In today's world, up to 50% of wheatcultivated soil is considered low in bioavailable Zn. Biofortification techniques are agricultural strategies that are used to increase the nutritional performance of crop plants. They include greater agronomic biofortification, which is based on optimised fertiliser applications, and genetic biofortification,

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Amelia Williams

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