Iron biofortification in maize by ZmNAC78 is a promising and sustainable way to fight iron‐deficiency anaemia

According to the nucleotide polymorphisms of the ZmNAC78 core promoter sequence, we developed a molecular marker to perform molecular marker-associated selection of maize varieties with iron-enriched kernels. The plant-based foods usually contain high phytic acid, which chelates cations, including iron, to form insoluble and nonabsorbable complexes in the upper gastrointestinal tract.6 There are two basic categories of industrial processing (dry and wet milling) employed for transforming maize into products for human consumption. Exogenous application of phytase during industrial processing would make the plant-based iron readily absorbable by humans. [...]iron biofortification in crops be used as a promising and sustainable way to reduce IDA in developing countries.