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Anuradha Singh1,5, Jyotirmaya Mathan2 , Amit Yadav3 , Aakash K. Goyal4 and Ashok Chaudhury5 \*

1 Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

2 National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

3 Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research (ZIWR), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

4 RYAN Cultivation Inc., Nisku, Alberta, Canada

5 Plant Molecular Laboratory, Department of Bio and Nano Technology, Bio and Nano Technology Centre, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India

\*Address all correspondence to: ashokchaudhury@hotmail.com

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Section 2 Nutrition

## **Chapter 5**
