Legumes Biofortification (1st ed. 2023)

Sustainable food production is vital to ensure food and nutritional security to growing human population. Recently, there has been a shift in agricultural production system, crop production is not only considering yield as primary interest to produce higher number of calories for reducing hunger, but also more nutrient-rich food to reduce malnutrition or “hidden hunger�. Micronutrient malnutrition is a continuing and serious public health problem in many countries, various Interventions to alleviate this problem have been implemented. Biofortification, the process of breeding nutrients into food crops, provides a comparatively cost effective, sustainable, and long-term means of delivering more micronutrients. Legumes have higher protein content than most plant foods approximately twice than cereals and are rich in the key micronutrients folate, niacin, thiamine, calcium, iron and zinc.  This book summarizes the biofortification of legumes. Detailed information through contributed chapters shed light on legumes research relevant to human health, with key topics that include genomic and genetic resources for food security, conventional and modern breeding approaches for improving nutrition, agronomic traits and biotechnological interventions.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	September 2023
Editors:	Muhammad Azhar Nadeem • Faheem Shehzad Baloch • Sajid Fiaz • Muhammad Aasim • Ephrem Habyarimana • Osman Sönmez • Nusret Zencirci
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Pages:	392
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-133956-1
Categories:	Books
LSN:	3-03-133956-8
Barcode:	9783031339561

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