Vitamins and Minerals Biofortification of Edible Plants

ISBN-13: 9781119511113 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 256 str.

Noureddine Benkeblia

Spis treści

1. Biofortification of Horticultural Crops: Set the Stage for Better Nutrition2. Modern Biotechnologies and Mineral Biofortification of Edible Crops3. Modern Biotechnologies and Vitamin Biofortification of Edible Crops4. Carotenoids Biofortification of Sweetpotato5. Iron biofortification of crops6. Bio-fortification of carotenoids in agricultural and horticultural crops: A promising strategy to target vitamin A malnutrition7. Stakeholders' Reactions toward Iodine Biofortified Foods: A case-study in East-Africa8. Ethical and Sociocultural Considerations of Biofortified Crops: Ensuring Value and Sustainability for Public Health9. Food Fortification: What's in it for the modern world

O autorze

NOUREDDINE BENKEBLIA is a Professor of Crop Science at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, focusing on food-plants biochemistry and physiology. His work is mainly devoted to the metabolome and the metabolism in crops.