With the growing world population and related health issues, particularly in developing nations, there is a need to enhance not only food production, but also food quality by improving the nutritional content of the world?s major staple food crop plants. Covering recent advances in biotechnological methods for the nutritional enrichment of food crops Phytonutritional Improvement of Crops provides cutting edge information on techniques of immense importance to academic, professional and commercial operations. Written by many international experts in the area, and edited by Professor Noureddine Benkeblia this book is essential reading for crop and plant scientists, and food scientists and technologists. All universities and research establishments where agriculture, horticulture, biological sciences, and food science and technology are studied and taught should have copies of this important publication.