Back to Search
Start Over
Seed Biofortification by Engineered Nanomaterials: A Pathway To Alleviate Malnutrition?
- Source :
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 68:12189-12202
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- American Chemical Society (ACS), 2020.
-
Abstract
- Micronutrient deficiencies in global food chains are a significant cause of ill health around the world, particularly in developing countries. Agriculture is the primary source of nutrients required for sound health, and as the population has continued to grow, the agricultural sector has come under pressure to improve crop production, in terms of both quantity and quality, to meet the global demands for food security. The use of engineered nanomaterial (ENM) has emerged as a promising technology to sustainably improve the efficiency of current agricultural practices as well as overall crop productivity. One promising approach that has begun to receive attention is to use ENM as seed treatments to biofortify agricultural crop production and quality. This review highlights the current state of the science for this approach as well as critical knowledge gaps and research needs that must be overcome to optimize the sustainable application of nano-enabled seed fortification approaches.
- Subjects :
- Crops, Agricultural
0106 biological sciences
Micronutrient deficiency
Natural resource economics
media_common.quotation_subject
Population
Biofortification
01 natural sciences
medicine
Humans
Quality (business)
Micronutrients
education
media_common
education.field_of_study
Food security
business.industry
Malnutrition
010401 analytical chemistry
General Chemistry
medicine.disease
Nanostructures
0104 chemical sciences
Agriculture
Food, Fortified
Seeds
Sustainability
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
business
010606 plant biology & botany
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15205118 and 00218561
- Volume :
- 68
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7f735cac974887f6730c88fc535a3c38