Crop Biofortification
biotechnological approaches for achieving nutritional security under changing climate
$480.97
- Hardcover
496 pages
- Release Date
23 April 2025
Summary
Fortifying the Future: A Guide to Crop Biofortification
Develop more nutritious crops to aid in the fight against world hunger with this timely volume
One in nine people worldwide suffer from hunger or food scarcity. Massively increasing food production is one of the most urgent scientific projects in the modern world, particularly as a changing climate places increasing pressure on the global food supply and on sustainable food production processes. Biofort…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781394273249 |
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| ISBN-10: | 139427324X |
| Author: | Adnan Noor Shah, Sajid Fiaz, Muhammad Aslam, Javed Iqbal, Abdul Qayyum |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Imprint: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 23 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.59kg |
| Dimensions: | 276mm x 220mm x 30mm |
About The Author
Adnan Noor Shah
Adnan Noor Shah is Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Punjab, Pakistan. He specializes in nitrogen metabolism and efficient utilization of nitrogen fertilizers by crop plants, and serves as editor for multiple leading plant science and agronomy journals.
Sajid Fiaz is Assistant Professor in the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Lahore, Pakistan. His research focuses on the development of high-quality rice through genome editing, as well as multi-omics approaches for improving plant traits.
Muhammad Aslam is Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. His research focuses on the development of maize and maize hybrids.
Javed Iqbal is Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Bacha Khan University, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. His research group focuses on developing eco-friendly and sustainable avenues for synthesizing novel functional nanomaterials from medicinal plants.
Abdul Qayyum is Assistant Professor in the Department of Agronomy, University of Haripur, Pakistan. His research focuses on plant physiology, the improvement of agronomic traits through selection, plant nutrition, and related subjects.
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