September 2015

Variability studies for quality traits in rice with high iron and zinc content in segregating population

More than half of the world’s population, especially women and children in the developing countries suffer from micronutrient malnutrition especially deficiency in iron and zinc. Micronutrient malnutrition problems increased the interest of researchers to increase the mineral contents (Fe and Zn) in cereals to ensure adequate attainment of dietary minerals. A lot of variability does exist for micronutrients (Fe,...

Author(s): M. Sala, C. R. Ananda kumar and S. Geetha