Vitamin A-biofortified maize: Exploiting native genetic variation for nutrient enrichment
Vitamin A is important in immune function. Approximately one third of children under the age of five are at risk for Vitamin A deficiency (WHO 2009). This is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness. Nutrition trials in countries administering Vitamin A capsules resulted on average in a...
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| Formato: | Brief |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Crop Trust
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146070 |
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