book
Crop sampling protocols for micronutrient analysis
harvestplus technical monographs | 2008 | Pages: 20
Publisher(s): international food policy research institute (ifpri)international center for tropical agriculture (ciat)
Open Access
It is well known that plant breeding is a numbers game, and that screening genotypes requires a substantial effort in both the field and the laboratory. Collecting a representative sample and minimizing soil and dust contamination from harvesting or postharvest processing equipment poses a considerable analytical challenge when breeding iron- and zinc-dense crops.