MUMBAI, India, Aug. 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517049499 A) filed by National Chung Hsing University; and Gruissem, Wilhelm, Taichung City, Taiwan, on May 22, for 'method for increasing micronutrient content in food crops.'

Inventor(s) include Gruissem, Wilhelm; Chen, Chih-Yun; Kawakami, Yuta; Chang, Shu-Heng; and Chu, Yen-Wei.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 1, under issue no. 31/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention provides a method for increasing a micronutrient content in food crops capable of editing promoters of genes related to absorption, transport or/and storage of micronutrients in food crops by a gene editin...