date:Jan 31, 2013
to worsen in the future as meat and fish become more expensive, resulting in a less nutritious and iron-deficient diet for many people.
In the study, the researchers were able to enrich potatoes with iron by covering nano-rust particles in a stealth-like coating, which causes the plantlets to absorb the particles into the roots before breaking them down into regular iron.
The researchers were able to significantly increase the iron concentration in potatoes, while retaining all the typical nu