biofortification
Sign in to savethumb|The far bowl on the right contains Golden Rice, an example of biofortification using genetic engineering. The golden color of the grains comes from the increased amounts of [[beta-carotene.]]
Research
2,773 papers- Biofortification of Mushrooms: A Promising Approach.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
- Biofortification's contribution to mitigating micronutrient deficiencies.Nature food · 2024
- Biofortification of potato nutrition.Journal of advanced research · 2025
- Biofortification of Triticum species: a stepping stone to combat malnutrition.BMC plant biology · 2024
- Biofortification of iron content by regulating a NAC transcription factor in maize.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2023
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8 sectionsContents
- Methodology
- Uses
- Low and middle-income countries
- High-income countries
- Problems
- See also
- Notes
- External links
thumb|The far bowl on the right contains Golden Rice, an example of biofortification using genetic engineering. The golden color of the grains comes from the increased amounts of [[beta-carotene.]]
Biofortification is the practice of breeding crops to increase their nutritional value. This can be done either through conventional selective breeding, or through genetic engineering.
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