Enhancing zinc and iron biofortification in mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) through various application method

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 10974 - 11
• Main Authors: Farooq, Hafsa, Ishtiaq, Rimsha, Babar, Haris, Faryad, Mohammad Hashim, Ameen, Maria, Abbas, Muhammad Taqqi, Mushtaq, Zain, Alasmari, Abdulrahman, Mondol, Md Sabir Ahmed, abdi, Gholamreza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 31.03.2025; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/45; 704/158; Agricultural research; Beans; Biofortification; Biofortification - methods; Cereal crops; Crop yield; Crops, Agricultural; Edible Grain - growth & development; Edible Grain - metabolism; Fertilizers; Foliar application; Foliar applications; Grain; Humanities and Social Sciences; Iron; Iron - metabolism; Malnutrition; Micronutrients; multidisciplinary; Nutrient content; Nutrition; Photosynthesis; Photosystem II; Physiology; Plant growth; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seed priming; Seeds; Seeds - growth & development; Soil - chemistry; Vigna - drug effects; Vigna - growth & development; Vigna - metabolism; Zinc; Zinc - metabolism; Biofortification; Foliar application; Photosynthesis; Seed priming

Malnutrition is a problem in many developing economies where cereal crops are the main source of nutrition. Zinc and iron, important micronutrients, play an important role in the physiological and metabolic mechanisms of plants and humans. In this study a field experiment was conducted at the Agrono...