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Application of sodium selenate to cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) increases shoot and grain Se partitioning with strong genotypic interactions (2021)
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Silva, V. M., Nardeli, A. J., Mendes, N. A. C., Alcock, T. D., Rocha, M. D. M., Putti, F. F., Wilson, L., Young, S. D., Broadley, M. R., White, P. J., & Reis, A. R. D. (2021). Application of sodium selenate to cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) increases shoot and grain Se partitioning with strong genotypic interactions. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 67, Article 126781. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtemb.2021.126781

Backgorund: Cowpea is a crop widely used in developing countries due its rusticity. Besides its rich genotypic variability, most breeding programs do not explore its potential to improve elements uptake. Selenium (Se) is a scarce element in most soil... Read More about Application of sodium selenate to cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) increases shoot and grain Se partitioning with strong genotypic interactions.

Magnesium and calcium overaccumulate in the leaves of a schengen3 mutant of Brassica rapa (2021)
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Alcock, T. D., Thomas, C. L., Ó Lochlainn, S., Pongrac, P., Wilson, M., Moore, C., Reyt, G., Vogel-Mikuš, K., Kelemen, M., Hayden, R., Wilson, L., Stephenson, P., Østergaard, L., Irwin, J. A., Hammond, J. P., King, G. J., Salt, D. E., Graham, N. S., White, P. J., & Broadley, M. R. (2021). Magnesium and calcium overaccumulate in the leaves of a schengen3 mutant of Brassica rapa. Plant Physiology, 186(3), 1616-1631. https://doi.org/10.1093/PLPHYS/KIAB150

Magnesium (Mg) and calcium (Ca) are essential mineral nutrients poorly supplied in many human food systems. In grazing livestock, Mg and Ca deficiencies are costly welfare issues. Here, we report a Brassica rapa loss-of-function schengen3 (sgn3) muta... Read More about Magnesium and calcium overaccumulate in the leaves of a schengen3 mutant of Brassica rapa.

Novel sources of variation in grain yield, components and mineral traits identified in wheat amphidiploids derived from thinopyrum bessarabicum (Savul. & rayss) Á. löve (poaceae) under saline soils in India (2020)
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Khokhar, J. S., Sareen, S., Tyagi, B. S., Wilson, L., Young, S., King, J., King, I., & Broadley, M. R. (2020). Novel sources of variation in grain yield, components and mineral traits identified in wheat amphidiploids derived from thinopyrum bessarabicum (Savul. & rayss) Á. löve (poaceae) under saline soils in India. Sustainability, 12(21), Article 8975. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218975

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Salt-affected soils constrain wheat production globally. A wild wheat species, Thinopyrum bessarabicum (Savul. & Rayss) Á. Löve (Poaceae), and its derivatives are tolerant of high external NaC... Read More about Novel sources of variation in grain yield, components and mineral traits identified in wheat amphidiploids derived from thinopyrum bessarabicum (Savul. & rayss) Á. löve (poaceae) under saline soils in India.

Effect of phosphorus supply on root traits of two Brassica oleracea L. genotypes (2020)
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Pongrac, P., Castillo-Michel, H., Herrera, J., Hancock, R. D., Fischer, S., Kelemen, M., Thompson, J. A., Wright, G., Likar, M., Broadley, M. R., Vavpetič, P., Pelicon, P., & White, P. J. (2020). Effect of phosphorus supply on root traits of two Brassica oleracea L. genotypes. BMC Plant Biology, 20, Article 368. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-020-02558-2

BACKGROUND: Phosphorus (P) deficiency limits crop production worldwide. Crops differ in their ability to acquire and utilise the P available. The aim of this study was to determine root traits (root exudates, root system architecture (RSA), tissue-sp... Read More about Effect of phosphorus supply on root traits of two Brassica oleracea L. genotypes.

Selenium Deficiency Is Widespread and Spatially Dependent in Ethiopia (2020)
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Belay, A., Joy, E. J., Chagumaira, C., Zerfu, D., Ander, E. L., Young, S. D., Bailey, E. H., Lark, R. M., Broadley, M. R., & Gashu, D. (2020). Selenium Deficiency Is Widespread and Spatially Dependent in Ethiopia. Nutrients, 12(6), Article 1565. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061565

: Selenium (Se) is an essential element for human health and livestock productivity. Globally, human Se status is highly variable, mainly due to the influence of soil types on the Se content of crops, suggesting the need to identify areas of deficien... Read More about Selenium Deficiency Is Widespread and Spatially Dependent in Ethiopia.

Elemental composition of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis A.St.-Hil.) under low input systems of southern Brazil (2020)
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Motta, A. C. V., Barbosa, J. Z., Magri, E., Pedreira, G. Q., Santin, D., Prior, S. A., Consalter, R., Young, S. D., Broadley, M. R., & Benedetti, E. L. (2020). Elemental composition of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis A.St.-Hil.) under low input systems of southern Brazil. Science of the Total Environment, 736, Article 139637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139637

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Elemental composition of food can be used to determine nutritional potential as well as guiding legislation for establishing maximum acceptable limits (MAL) of metals in consumption products. This study aimed to determine the ele... Read More about Elemental composition of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis A.St.-Hil.) under low input systems of southern Brazil.

Spatial prediction of the concentration of selenium (Se) in grain across part of Amhara Region, Ethiopia (2020)
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Gashu, D., Lark, R., Milne, A., Amede, T., Bailey, E., Chagumaira, C., Dunham, S., Gameda, S., Kumssa, D., Mossa, A., Walsh, M., Wilson, L., Young, S., Ander, E., Broadley, M., Joy, E., & McGrath, S. (2020). Spatial prediction of the concentration of selenium (Se) in grain across part of Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Science of the Total Environment, 733, Article 139231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139231

Grain and soil were sampled across a large part of Amhara, Ethiopia in a study motivated by prior evidence of selenium (Se) deficiency in the Region's population. The grain samples (teff, Eragrostis tef, and wheat, Triticum aestivum) were analysed fo... Read More about Spatial prediction of the concentration of selenium (Se) in grain across part of Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

Soil and foliar zinc biofortification of broccolini: effects on plant growth and mineral accumulation (2020)
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Rivera-Martin, A., Broadley, M. R., & Poblaciones, M. J. (2020). Soil and foliar zinc biofortification of broccolini: effects on plant growth and mineral accumulation. Crop and Pasture Science, 71(5), 484-490. https://doi.org/10.1071/cp19474

© 2020 CSIRO. Millions of people have Zn-deficient diets, so Zn-biofortified crops could prevent such deficiency. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of agronomic Zn biofortification of broccolini-a new hybrid crop variety derived from a cr... Read More about Soil and foliar zinc biofortification of broccolini: effects on plant growth and mineral accumulation.

Elemental signatures of an Amazonian Dark Earth as result of its formation process (2019)
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Barbosa, J. Z., Motta, A. C. V., Corrêa, R. S., Melo, V. D. F., Muniz, A. W., Martins, G. C., Silva, L. D. C. R., Teixeira, W. G., Young, S. D., & Broadley, M. R. (2020). Elemental signatures of an Amazonian Dark Earth as result of its formation process. Geoderma, 361, Article 114085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.114085

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Amazonian Dark Earths (ADEs) are soils studied for archaeological purposes and as a potentially agricultural model for the humid tropic. We investigated the chemical composition of an ADE in comparison to an adjacent Ultisol with... Read More about Elemental signatures of an Amazonian Dark Earth as result of its formation process.

Urine selenium concentration is a useful biomarker for assessing population level selenium status (2019)
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Phiri, F. P., Ander, E. L., Lark, R. M., Bailey, E. H., Chilima, B., Gondwe, J., Joy, E. J., Kalimbira, A. A., Phuka, J. C., Suchdev, P. S., Middleton, D. R., Hamilton, E. M., Watts, M. J., Young, S. D., & Broadley, M. R. (2020). Urine selenium concentration is a useful biomarker for assessing population level selenium status. Environment International, 134, Article 105218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105218

Plasma selenium (Se) concentration is an established population level biomarker of Se status, especially in Se-deficient populations. Previously observed correlations between dietary Se intake and urinary Se excretion suggest that urine Se concentrat... Read More about Urine selenium concentration is a useful biomarker for assessing population level selenium status.