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The document "Now we are in power: The politics of passive revolution in twenty-first-century Bolivia" explores the challenges faced by popular organizations and leaderships in Bolivia as they transitioned into governing roles. The book delves into the limitations and transformative potential of these processes, drawing on Gramscian concepts to analyze the dynamics of power and change in Bolivia. Through an ethnographic study conducted between 2016 and 2019, the author, Angus McNelly, examines the complexities of the Bolivian political landscape, focusing on the tensions between popular movements, the state, and the dominant classes. The text provides a critical analysis of the passive revolution that unfolded in Bolivia in the 21st century, shedding light on the contradictions and transformations that shaped the country's political trajectory. [Extracted from the article]

Key message: Knowledge of genetic variation, genetics, physiology/molecular basis and breeding (including biotechnological approaches) for biofortification and bioavailability for Zn, Fe and Se will help in developing nutritionally improved wheat. Biofortification of wheat cultivars for micronutrients is a priority research area for wheat geneticists and breeders. It is known that during breeding of wheat cultivars for productivity and quality, a loss of grain micronutrient contents occurred, leading to decline in nutritional quality of wheat grain. Keeping this in view, major efforts have been made during the last two decades for achieving biofortification and bioavailability of wheat grain for micronutrients including Zn, Fe and Se. The studies conducted so far included evaluation of gene pools for contents of not only grain micronutrients as above, but also for phytic acid (PA) or phytate and phytase, so that, while breeding for the micronutrients, bioavailability is also improved. For this purpose, QTL interval mapping and GWAS were carried out to identify QTLs/genes and associated markers that were subsequently used for marker-assisted selection (MAS) during breeding for biofortification. Studies have also been conducted to understand the physiology and molecular basis of biofortification, which also allowed identification of genes for uptake, transport and storage of micronutrients. Transgenics using transgenes have also been produced. The breeding efforts led to the development of at least a dozen cultivars with improved contents of grain micronutrients, although land area occupied by these biofortified cultivars is still marginal. In this review, the available information on different aspects of biofortification and bioavailability of micronutrients including Zn, Fe and Se in wheat has been reviewed for the benefit of those, who plan to start work or already conducting research in this area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]