A Detailed Reference on How Modern Biotechnology is using the Biofortification of Crops to Improve the Vitamin and Mineral Content of Edible Plants
In this reference, Vitamins and Minerals Bio-Fortification of Edible Plants, authors cover new territory on phytonutrients, focusing on the enhancement and modification of edible crops. This book presents techniques and research findings from modern biotechnology to educate readers on the newest tools and research in the field. Readers will learn how groundbreaking scientific advances have contributed to the nutritional content of edible plants and crops for animals and humans.
Inside, readers will find comprehensive information on new concepts of biofortification, including but not limited to:
● Modern biotechnology and its uses for improving the vitamin and mineral content of edible plants
● Potential minerals and vitamins that can be targeted and implemented in agriculture
● Ways of enhancing the nutritional contents of edible plants to address nutritional deficiencies and improve livestock
● Methods of identifying plants that can be used to heal or prevent disease and illness
While many books cover the phytonutrients of crops, this reference book reports on methodologies, techniques, and environmental changes used to enhance and improve agricultural products. It is one of the first to provide information on using modern biotechnologies to modify crops with the goal of creating health benefits.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors vii
Foreword xi
1 Biofortification of Edible Plants: Set the Stage for Better Nutrition 1
Noureddine Benkeblia
2 Food Fortification: What’s in It for the Malnourished World? 27
Barbara Poniedziałek, Kinga Perkowska, and Piotr Rzymski
3 Modern Biotechnologies and Mineral Biofortification of Edible Crops 45
Noureddine Benkeblia and Kathleen L. Hefferon
4 Biotechnologies and Vitamins Biofortification of Edible Crops 71
Noureddine Benkeblia and Kathleen L. Hefferon
5 Carotenoids Biofortification of Sweet Potatoes 87
Noureddine Benkeblia, Elisabete M. Pinto, and Marta W. Vasconcelos
6 Improving Iron Nutrition in Plant Foods: The Role of Legumes and Soil Microbes 103
Mariana Roriz, Marta Barros, Paula M. L. Castro, Susana M. P. Carvalho, and Marta W. Vasconcelos
7 Biofortification of Carotenoids in Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: A Promising Strategy to Target Vitamin A Malnutrition 123
Hulikere Jagdish Shwetha, Shivaprasad Shilpa, Bangalore Prabhashankar Arathi, Marisiddaiah Raju, and Rangaswamy Lakshminarayana
8 Agronomic Biofortification from a Stakeholder’s Viewpoint: Evidence from Studies on Iodine-Enriched Foods in Uganda 163
Solomon Olum, Joshua Wesana, Walter Odongo, Joseph Mogendi, Collins Okello, Dominic Webale, Anselimo Makokha, Duncan Ongeng, Xavier Gellynck, and Hans De Steur
9 Biofortification of Cereals through Foliar Application of Minerals 191
Shahid Hussain, Ayta Umar, Mamoona Amir, and Muhammad Aon
10 NAS Overexpression and Rice Zinc Biofortification: An Insight, Current Knowledge, and Outlook 223
Yuta Kawakami and Navreet K. Bhullar
Index 235
