Vol. 7, Issue 6 (2019)
Ensuring nutritional security through zinc biofortification of rice grain in Indian scenario: A review
Author(s): Sudip Sengupta, Parijat Bhattacharya and Soham Hazra
Abstract: The developing countries like India are facing serious consequences of nutritional inadequacy for the ever-increasing population masses. Consumption of large scale cereal-based foods with small concentrations and low bioavailability of Zn is the major reason behind this problem. Low grain Zn concentrations is highly related with the Zn deficient soils (accounting to more than 40-50% of Indian soils) where they are grown. The common strategies for sustaining Zn bioavailabilty include food fortification, dietary diversification, and medical supplementation. Several limitations have emerged regarding nutritional diversification and food enrichment, which has favored Zn biofortification as a perpetual solution of malnutrition. The agronomic and genetic biofortification processes emerge as the fore-runner in this scenario. The current review thereby focuses on the role of Zn in plants and human health, chalks out the uptake and translocation of Zn in cereal grains, and more specifically tries to pave out the paths for nutritional security driven by various agronomic, breeding and biotechnological approaches. The review enunciates that the adoption of amenable strategy combined with better cultivation practices can be the only future pathway for human welfare.
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How to cite this article:
Sudip Sengupta, Parijat Bhattacharya, Soham Hazra. Ensuring nutritional security through zinc biofortification of rice grain in Indian scenario: A review. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(6):2129-2144.
