Separate effects of foliar applied selenate and zinc oxide on the accumulation of macrominerals, macronutrients and bioactive compounds in two pea (Pisum sativum l …

M Malka, G Du Laing, T Bohn - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Selenium (Se) and zinc (Zn) are important cofactors for antioxidant enzymes. Foliar Se/Zn
application is a highly efficient strategy of plant biofortification. However, its effects on the …

Nutritional Parameters, Biomass Production, and Antioxidant Activity of Festuca arundinacea Schreb. Conditioned with Selenium Nanoparticles

U González-Lemus, G Medina-Pérez, JJ Espino-García… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. is a widely used type of forage due to its great ecological
breadth and adaptability. An agricultural intervention that improves the selenium content in …

Better soils for healthier lives? An econometric assessment of the link between soil nutrients and malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa

ED Berkhout, M Malan, T Kram - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Malnutrition, the suboptimal consumption of essential nutrients like zinc, severely affects
human health. This burden of malnutrition falls disproportionally heavy on developing …

Obtaining Vegetable Production Enriched with Minor Micronutrients Using Fullerene Derivatives

GG Panova, KN Semenov, AS Zhuravleva… - Horticulturae, 2023 - mdpi.com
Elaborating on the methods and means of enriching nutrition, including that of plants, with a
number of microelements that are vital for humans is now very important due to the …

Effects of selenium application concentration, period and method on the selenium content and grain yield of Tartary buckwheat of different varieties

P Liu, L Song, S Hao, J Qin, C Yang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND As a potential selenium‐enriched crop, it is of great significance to study the
selenium application of Tartary buckwheat. Therefore, to study the effects of selenium …

Biofortification and the involved modern approaches

T Athar, MK Khan, A Pandey, FG Yilmaz… - Journal of …, 2020 - agro.icm.edu.pl
Being responsible for severe social and health issues, micronutrient malnutrition gives rise
to serious apprehension throughout the world. Nutrition is the key factor in any strategy …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of foliar selenium application on growth and rhizospheric soil micro-ecological environment of Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz

W Zhou, Y Duan, Y Zhang, H Wang, D Huang… - South African journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Atractylodes macrocephala (A. macrocephala), a famous medicinal herb in China,
is widely cultivated and consumed in China with various beneficial effects. Numerous …

Selenium maintains cytosolic Ca2+ homeostasis and preserves germination rates of maize pollen under H2O2-induced oxidative stress

AM Del Pino, M Guiducci, R D'Amato, A Di Michele… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Selenium (Se) displays antioxidant properties that can be exploited, in plants, to counteract
abiotic stresses caused by overly-produced reactive oxygen species (ROS). Here, we show …

Prediction of selenium uptake by pak choi in several agricultural soils based on diffusive gradients in thin-films technique and single extraction

Q Peng, D Wang, M Wang, F Zhou, W Yang, Y Liu… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The accurate assessment of soil selenium (Se) bioavailability is crucial for Se biofortification
in Se-deficient areas and risk assessment in selenosis areas. However, a universally …

Nutrichemical alterations in different fractions of multiple-harvest alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) green biomass fortified with various selenium forms

Z Kovács, Á Soós, B Kovács, L Kaszás, N Elhawat… - Plant and Soil, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background and Aims Wet processed alfalfa-based products can provide high-
quality concentrated protein, also contain nutrients and phytochemicals. Agronomic …