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SUBMITTER: Prasanna BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7046684 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Prasanna Boddupalli M BM Palacios-Rojas Natalia N Hossain Firoz F Muthusamy Vignesh V Menkir Abebe A Dhliwayo Thanda T Ndhlela Thokozile T San Vicente Felix F Nair Sudha K SK Vivek Bindiganavile S BS Zhang Xuecai X Olsen Mike M Fan Xingming X
Frontiers in genetics 20200221
Maize is a major source of food security and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Latin America, and the Caribbean, and is among the top three cereal crops in Asia. Yet, maize is deficient in certain essential amino acids, vitamins, and minerals. Biofortified maize cultivars enriched with essential minerals and vitamins could be particularly impactful in rural areas with limited access to diversified diet, dietary supplements, and fortified foods. Significant progress has been made ...[more]