Traditional to Modern Approaches for Agronomic Biofortification of Food Crops with Zn and Fe: A Review

Author: Prerna Dogra, Dalpat Lal, Omprakash, Kamini Parashar, Aabha Parashar, Aparna, S.R. Rundala, Ramesh Asiwal and Lakshay Choudhary

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Abstract

Biofortification is an emerging, promising, affordable, and long-term method of providing nutritional security to a population with limited access to a variety of diets and any other micronutrient interventions. The efficacy of agronomic biofortification has been further enhanced by the advent of high-specialty fertilizers such as water-soluble, chelated, and nano-fertilizers, which have greater nutrient translocation to the consumable portions of a crop plant and high nutrient absorption efficiency. The significance of agronomic biofortification has been further enhanced by a number of novel strategies, including foliar application, soilless activation, nutripriming, and mechanized application methods. The agronomic biofortification significance for global nutritional & food security has been reinforced by these recent technical developments as well as a growing understanding of mineral micronutrient nutrition. The review emphasizes the progress made in the area of agronomic biofortification through the development of new, improved forms of fertilizer and cutting-edge methods which improves crop plants' ability to use micronutrients.

Keywords

Biofortification, specialty fertilizers, nutritional security, nutrient uptake efficiency

Conclusion

Growers can readily adopt agronomic biofortification because it is easy to follow. Farmers and growers typically don't care for agronomic biofortification because it doesn't directly increase crop yield, even though it has clear financial benefits. With the development of many kinds of specialty fertilizers, such as chelated fertilizers, nano-fertilizers, water-soluble fertilizers, and biofertilizers, which have better nutrient translocation to the consumable plant parts and higher plant nutrient use efficiency, the efficacy of agronomic biofortification has increased recently. Future research should concentrate heavily on agronomic biofortification in order to ensure that crops are enriched with micronutrients and combat hidden hunger.

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Prerna Dogra, Dalpat Lal, Omprakash, Kamini Parashar, Aabha Parashar, Aparna, S.R. Rundala, Ramesh Asiwal and Lakshay Choudhary (2024). Traditional to Modern Approaches for Agronomic Biofortification of Food Crops with Zn and Fe: A Review. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 16(1): 174-182.