Bouis HE, Welch RM (2010) Bio fortification a sustainable agricultural strategy for reducing micronutrient malnutrition in the global south. Crop Science 50: 20–32.

Brar B, Jain S, Singh R, Jain RK (2011) Genetic diversity for iron and zinc contents in a collection of 220 rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 71: 67-73.

Chandel G, Banerjee S, See S, Meena R, Sharma DJ, Verulkar SB (2010) Effects of different nitrogen fertilizer levels and native soil properties on rice grain Fe, Zn and protein contents. Rice Science 17: 213−227.

Dutta P, Dutta PN, Borua PK (2013) Morphological traits as selection indices in rice: a statistical view. Universal Journal of Agricultural Research 1: 85-96.

Gomez-Galera S, Rojas E, Sudhakar D, Zhu C, Pelacho AM, CapellT, Christou P (2010) Critical evaluation of strategies for mineral fortification of staple food crops. Transgenic Research 19: 165-180.

Graham RD, Senadhira D, Beebe S, Iglesias C,Monasterio I (2001) Breeding for micronutrient density in edible portions of staple food crops: conventional approaches. Field Crops Research 60: 57–80.

Haider BA, BhuttaZA( 2017). Multiple micronutrient supplementation for women during pregnancy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 4: 29-34.

Hussain S, Fujii T, McGoey S, Yamada M, Ramzan M, Akmal M (2014) Evaluation of different rice varieties for growth and yield characteristics. Journal of Animal and Plant Science 24: 1504-1510.

Hussain ST, Hussain A, Dar SA (2018). Biofortificational benefits of zinc application to rice genotypes. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 7:1555-8.

Jagadish J, Pramod S, Twinkle J, Sameer RM, Soumya KS, Goutam KD (2018) Rice biofortification: A brief review. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 7: 2644-2647.

Jena J, Sethy P, Jena T, Misra S, Sahoo S, Dash G, Palai J (2018) Rice biofortification: A brief review. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phyto-chemistry 7: 2644-7.

Juliano BO (1971) A simplified assay for milled rice amylose. Cereal Science Today 16: 334-338.

Khush GS, Virk PS (2005) Rice breeding achievements and future strategies. Journal of Crop Improvement 27: 115-144.

Kishore NS, Srinivas T, Nagabhushanam M, Pallavi, Sameera SK (2015) Genetic variability, correlation and path analysis for yield and yield components in promising rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes. SAARC Journal of Agriculture 13: 99-108.

Pang Y, Ali J, Wang X, Franje NJ, Revilleza JE, Xu J, Li Z (2016) Relationship of rice grain amylose, gelatinization temperature and pasting properties for breeding better eating and cooking quality of rice varieties. PLOS one 11: 168-184.

Rajendra Prasad K, Radha Krishna KV, Bhave MHV, SubbaRao LV (2017) Genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance in boro rice (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 6: 1261-1266.

Roohani N, Hurrell R, Kelishadi R, Schulin R (2013) Zinc and its importance for human health: An integrative review. Journal of Research in Medical Sciences18: 144.

Rout GR, SahooS(2016) Role of iron in plant growth and metabolism. Reviews in Agricultural Science 19:1-24.

Roy SK, Ali MY, Jahan MS, Saha UK, Hamdani A, Alam A (2014)Evaluation of growth and yield attributing characteristics of indigenous Boro rice varieties. Journal of Life Science 11: 1-5.

Singh SK, Singh CM, Lal GM (2011) Assessment of genetic variability for yield and its component characters in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Journal of Plant Biology Research 1: 73-76.

Stein AJ (2010) Global impacts of human malnutrition. Plant and Soil 335: 133-154.

Muthayya S, Jonathan D, Sugimoto, Scott M, Glen F, Maberly (2014), An overview of global rice production, supply, trade, and consumption . Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1324: 7-14.

Suzuki K, Okadome H, Nakamura S, Ohtsubo K (2006) Quality evaluation of various “new characteristic rice” varieties based on physico-chemical measurements. Journal of Japanese  Society for  Food Science and Technology. 53: 287-295.

Trijatmiko KR, Dueñas C, Tsakirpaloglou N, Torrizo L, Arines FM, Adeva C, Balindong J, Oliva N, Sapasap MV, Borrero J, Rey J (2016) Biofortified indica rice attains iron and zinc nutrition dietary targets in the field. Scientific Reports 6: 19-29.

Ullah MZ, Bashar MK, Bhuiyan MSR, Khalequzzaman M, Hasan MJ (2011) Interrelationship and cause-effect analysis among morpho-physiological traits in biroinbrice of bangladesh. International Journal of Plant Breeding and Genetics 5: 246-254.

World Health Organization (2009) World Health Report 2009: reducing risks, promoting healthy life. World Health Organization, Geneva.

World Health Organization (2016) World Health Report 2016: reducing risks, promoting healthy life. World Health Organization, Geneva.

Yadav P, Rangare NR, Anurag PJ, Chaurasia AK (2010) Quantitative analysis of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in Allahabad Agro Climate Zone. Journal of Rice Research 3: 16-18.

Yang QQ, Zhang CQ, Chan ML, Zhao DS, Chen JZ, Wang Q, Li QF, Yu HX, Gu MH, Sun SS, Liu QQ(2017) Biofortification of rice with the essential amino acid lysine: molecular characterization, nutritional evaluation, and field performance. Journal of Experimental Botany 1:4285-96.