Second Research Coordination Meeting (RCM) on Improving Nutritional Quality by Altering Concentrations of Enhancing Factors Using Induced Mutation and Bio-technology in Crops, D2.30.28, Pretoria,South Africa, 11-15 April 2011

摘要

In addition to providing the major calories in human diets required to sustain life, plants are also the major source of health-beneficial agents, such as vitamins and minerals required for vital physiological processes. The major staple crops however, do not provide the essential vitamins and minerals in adequate quantities and quality. A sustainable way to ensure that adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals can be obtained from diets is to develop crops that provide the required amounts in their edible tissues.