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Plant breeding for improved food quality
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Breeding of crops with high levels of minerals, vitamins and proteins is calledBiofortification is the breeding of crops with higher levels of vitamins and minerals, or higher protein and healthier fats; it is the most practical means of improving public health.
Examples: maize hybrids with twice the amount of lysine and tryptophan, the wheat variety Atlas 66 with high protein content, and iron-fortified rice.
Micropropagation is the production of thousands of plants through tissue culture.
Somatic hybridisation is the fusion of protoplasts of two different varieties or species.
Biomagnification is the increase in concentration of a toxicant at successive trophic levels.
Hence the process is biofortification.