Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Biofortification

Improving the NUTRITIONAL VALUE of plant foods by augmenting the plant's environment, by using PLANT BREEDING, or by GENETIC ENGINEERING plants to increase their ability to synthesize VITAMINS or uptake essential NUTRIENTS from the soil.

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Abstract

Improving the NUTRITIONAL VALUE of plant foods by augmenting the plant's environment, by using PLANT BREEDING, or by GENETIC ENGINEERING plants to increase their ability to synthesize VITAMINS or uptake essential NUTRIENTS from the soil.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Biofortified Crops
  • Biofortified Crop
  • Crop, Biofortified
  • Crops, Biofortified

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2017

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  • Food, Fortified (2005-2016)

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  1. J01.040w.227.250w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Biofortification. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000072759. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000072759
  2. Biofortification. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofortification
  3. Biofortification. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q864310