Methods to improve iron content in rice
The most important way to improve the iron content
in rice is the enhancement of the absorption, transport
and accumulation of iron. Apart from agricultural
methods such as the use of iron fertilizers [10],
conventional breeding and genetic engineering techniques
have been used to improve the iron content in rice
[11,12]. Isotope tracing, molecule labeling, and fluorescence
labeling have been applied to study mechanisms to
manipulate genes related to the absorption, transport
and accumulation of iron.