@article{1434186,
      recid = {1434186},
      author = {Gupta, Debjyoti Sen, and Gupta, Sanjeev, and Kumar,  Jitendra,},
      title = {Breeding for enhanced nutrition and bio-active compounds  in food legumes /},
      pages = {1 online resource (viii, 267 pages) :},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {More than 20 million childhood deaths occur every year due  to the micronutrient deficiency and diet-related  non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular diseases,  cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes). The  United Nations (UN) recently announced that the increase in  chronic, non-communicable diseases has resulted in 36  million deaths around the world annually, claiming more  lives than all other causes combined. These chronic  diseases are not isolated to developed countries and are  even more pronounced in the developing world. Such chronic  illnesses have caused far more deaths than infectious  diseases throughout the world (except Africa) in recent  years. Therefore, enrichment of micronutrients in staple  food crops is of paramount importance for the nutritional  security in our world. Biofortification is the development  of micronutrient- and/or vitamin-rich crops using  traditional crop improvement practices as well as modern  biotechnology tools. It is a more sustainable and cost  effective method than food supplementation, fortification  and diet diversification. This work consolidates available  information on the different aspects of breeding for  improved nutrition of pulses. An overview of entire pulses  based on their nutritional profile is given so that  audience can find the desired information easily. Food  legumes are the active ingredients in many gluten-free food  products and there is a continuous rise of the use of  pulses flour in milling and baking processes. Our book  sheds light on recent efforts and the underlying  constraints of meeting the public demand. We believe this  work provides the basic information for anyone interested  in biofortification and stimulate further research to meet  this unique challenge.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1434186},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59215-8},
}