Declines of protein and minerals essential for humans, including iron and zinc, have been reported for crops in response to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, [CO2]. For the current century, estimates of the potential human health impact of these declines range from 138 million to 1.4 billion, depending on the nutrient. However, changes in plant-based vitamin content in response to [CO2] have not been elucidated. Inclusion of vitamin information would substantially improve estimates of health risks. Among crop species, rice is the primary food source for more than 2 billion people. We used multiyear, multilocation in situ FACE (free-air CO2 enrichment) experiments for 18 genetically diverse rice lines, including Japonica, Indica, and hybrids currently grown throughout Asia.
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[2] http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/5/eaaq1012
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/chunwu-zhu
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kazuhiko-kobayashi
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[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutritional-diseases
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