Mineral Biofortification in Agricultural Products
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Product Quality and Safety".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 August 2024) | Viewed by 1098
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biofortification; functional agriculture; functional food; functional rice; selenium and zinc enrichment; hidden hunger
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Human mineral deficiencies (often referred to as “hidden hunger”) are a critical obstacle to the United Nation’s second Sustainable Development Goal to “achieve food security and improved nutrition” by 2030. Chronic mineral deficiencies harm human health and may already affect billions of people worldwide. Therefore, a deeper understanding of mineral biofortification strategies and potential mechanisms is crucial for the function of agricultural products and the sustainable development of human societies.
This Special Issue focuses on developing mineral biofortification strategies and assessing factors affecting them in special soils (e.g., zinc-rich, selenium-rich, saline soils and Mollisols) to obtain functional agricultural products to meet the improvement of human health. This Special Issue on Mineral Biofortification in Agricultural Products will fully embrace inter- and trans-disciplinary studies from multiple disciplines (e.g., agricultural sciences, food science and engineering, environmental sciences, agriculture and biology, chemistry, and engineering). The selected research articles will cover the study and mechanistic analysis of various existing and newly developed strategies, including mineral amendment, microbial-assisted biofortification, genetic biofortification, and crop breeding. All types of articles, including original research, perspectives and reviews, are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Xuebin Yin
Dr. Xiaocun Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- functional agriculture
- biofortification
- minerals
- hidden hunger
- special soils
- zinc enrichment
- selenium enrichment
- microbial-assisted biofortification
- genetic biofortification
- crop breeding
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