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Zinc Deficiency: A Global Nutritional Problem - J.A. Prescott Lecture |
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| Tuesday, 31 January 2012, 10:00 am to 11:00 am | Free |
| Charles Hawker Conference Centre, Waite Campus | |
| Zinc deficiency is a well-documented global micronutrient deficiency problem in human populations and also in agricultural soils. Australia, as a major wheat exporting country, can play a significant role in reducing the high incidence of Zn deficiency in its existing wheat export markets in Asia and Africa. A major part of wheat exported from Australia is shipped to the developing world. A national program should be developed to biofortify a part of the wheat produced in Australia by using agronomic tools as a short-term solution. Speaker: Professor Ismail Cakmak, Biological Sciences & Bioengineering Program, Faculty of Engineering & Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey. The audience is invited to stay and talk with the speaker at the morning tea that follows the seminar. | |
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