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Breeding for micronutrient-efficient crops, including Zn efficiency, will assist in alleviating micronutrient deficiencies not only in the human population but also in livestock. To date, applying modern breeding techniques to adapt annual medic plants to soils of low nutritional status has not been attempted. In breeding pasture plants for improved Zn efficiency for example, not only will the amount of pasture be improved so will the quality of the pasture, alleviating any potential Zn deficiency disorders in foraging animals.
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Streeter, T.C., Graham, R.D., Lake, A.W.H., Rengel, Z. (1999). Potential for Breeding Medicago Spp. for Zinc Efficiency to Increase Tolerance to Rhizoctonia Solani . In: Gissel-Nielsen, G., Jensen, A. (eds) Plant Nutrition — Molecular Biology and Genetics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2685-6_38
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