Biofortification
Also known asBiofortified Crops · Biofortified Crop · Crop, Biofortified · Crops, Biofortified
Definition
Improving the NUTRITIONAL VALUE of plant foods by augmenting the plant's environment, by using PLANT BREEDING, or by GENETIC ENGINEERING plants to increase their ability to synthesize VITAMINS or uptake essential NUTRIENTS from the soil.
MeSH classification
- J01.040.227.250
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Crop Production
The science and practice of cultivating PLANTS that have economic value to man. It includes plant breeding, seed production, weeding, use of…
Plant Breeding
The purposeful manipulation of plant species with the goal of creating desired genotypes and phenotypes, using techniques such as controlled…
Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D000072759) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗