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Taylor & Francis Ltd Development And Uses Of Biofortified Agricultural Products 2008 Edition by Gary S. Banuelos, Zhi-Qing Lin
Although ending world hunger remains the most important goal, increasingly the focus is on simultaneously improving world malnutrition. Paradoxically, nutritionally important trace elements essential for human health are both deficient and over-abundant in soils in many regions of the world. Using a multidisciplinary approach, Development and Uses of Biofortified Agricultural Products provides new strategies and techniques for the production of biofortified agricultural products from different soils.Seventeen contributors from twelve countries explore the effects of environmental and biological factors on the accumulation and speciation of nutritionally important trace elements in agricultural products. They explore novel strategies regarding the functional foods and animal feed and other forms of biofortified agricultural products. The text addresses alternative biosources and bioproducts produced from phytoremediation processes as well as the bioavailability and the effects of bioproduct compounds.The editors comprehensively synthesize the ever-mounting body of new information on biofortification, including theoretical, practical, and practiced agricultural-based strategies in micronutrient management and improvement in different types of soils. The book provides a unique and useful platform to further the understanding of nutritionally important trace elements in the context of biogeochemistry, food chain transfer, and health-related issues. TheImpact of Trace Elements From Plants on Human Nutrition: A Case forBiofortification, S.S.G. Bonsmann and R.F. HurrellBiofortificationIn The Food Chain,and Use of Selenium and Phyto-Compounds in Risk Reduction and ControlofProstate Cancer, G. Lyons, Y. Genc, and R. GrahamUptake andAccumulation ofSelenium In Plants In Relation to Chemical Speciation andBiotransformation, Z.-Q.LinPhytoremediationofSelenium-Contaminated Soil and Water Produces Biofortified Products andNewAgricultural Byproducts, G.S. BanuelosSoil andCrop Management forImproving Iron and Zinc Nutrition of Crops, F. Zhang, M. Fan,X. Gao, C.Zou, and Y. ZuoEffects ofSoil Management OnZinc Uptake and Its Bioavailability In Plants, R. Schulin, A.Koshgoftarmanesh, M. Ayuni, B. Nowack, and E. FrossardFarmingPractices and CropQuality: Implementation On Feed And Diet Quality, T.Q. Zhangand Y.T. WangEffects ofLong-Term CattleManure Applications on Soil, Water, and Crops: Implications for AnimalandHuman Health, M. Batista Benke, X. Hao, and C. ChangHow DoesAerobic Rice Take UpZinc from Low Zinc Soil? Mechanisms, Trade Offs, and Implications forBreeding,X. Gao, T.W. Kuyper, F. Zhang, C. Zou, and E. HofflandBreeding forMicronutrientEnriched Rice, G.B. Gregorio, T. Htut, and G.S. CabuslayBiofortificationIn A Food ChainApproach for Rice in China, M. Slingerland, F. Zhang, T.-JStomph, X. Gao,J. Liang, and W. JiangExpressionof Pea Seed FerritincDNA in Indian Mustard: Nutritional Value and Oxidative StressTolerance of theTransformants, N. Nirupa, M. N. V. Prasad, and P. B. KirtiProgress inUnderstanding theMolecular Regulation of Fe Uptake in Strategy I Plants, H.-Q.Ling, J. Du,and N. WangIdentificationof Genes forBiofortification: Genetic and Molecular Analysis of MineralAccumulation in ArabidopsisThaliana and Other Plant Species, M.G.M. Aarts andJ. WuUptake ofTrace Elements BySoybean in Typic Quartzipsamment Soil Treated with DifferentPhosphorousFertilizers in Brazil, F. Nildo da Silva, A.E. Furtini Neto,and A.C. ChangDeterminationand Importance ofTrace Elements in Chinese Medicinal Herbs Used For Healthcare andMedicalTreatments, C.-Y. Chen, L. Zhang, and G. HuoField-To-ForkPerspective: SoilNutrition/Biofortification As the Root of Human Health and Well-Being, A.B.Andersen*Index