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Selenium Deficiency Is Widespread and Spatially Dependent in Ethiopia (2020)
Journal Article
Belay, A., Joy, E. J., Chagumaira, C., Zerfu, D., Ander, E. L., Young, S. D., …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.

Spatial prediction of the concentration of selenium (Se) in grain across part of Amhara Region, Ethiopia (2020)
Journal Article
Gashu, D., Lark, R., Milne, A., Amede, T., Bailey, E., Chagumaira, C., …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.

Selenium deficiency risks in sub-Saharan African food systems and their geospatial linkages (2020)
Journal Article
Ligowe, I. S., Phiri, F. P., Ander, E. L., Bailey, E. H., Chilimba, A. D. C., Gashu, D., …Broadley, M. R. (2020). Selenium deficiency risks in sub-Saharan African food systems and their geospatial linkages. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 79(4), 457-467. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665120006904

Selenium (Se) is an essential element for human health. However, our knowledge of the prevalence of Se deficiency is less than for other micronutrients of public health concern such as iodine, iron and zinc, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). St... Read More about Selenium deficiency risks in sub-Saharan African food systems and their geospatial linkages.

Selenium biofortification of crops on a Malawi Alfisol under conservation agriculture (2020)
Journal Article
Ligowe, I. S., Young, S. D., Ander, E. L., Kabambe, V., Chilimba, A. D., Bailey, E. H., …Nalivata, P. C. (2020). Selenium biofortification of crops on a Malawi Alfisol under conservation agriculture. Geoderma, 369, Article 114315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114315

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Biofortification with selenium (Se) may rely on rapid uptake by crops, following application, to offset progressive fixation into unavailable organic forms of Se in soil. A biofortification study was conducted on an Alfisol withi... Read More about Selenium biofortification of crops on a Malawi Alfisol under conservation agriculture.

Short-Term Iodine Dynamics in Soil Solution (2020)
Journal Article
Humphrey, O. S., Young, S. D., Crout, N. M., Bailey, E. H., Ander, E. L., & Watts, M. J. (2020). Short-Term Iodine Dynamics in Soil Solution. Environmental Science and Technology, 54(3), 1443-1450. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b02296

Assessing the reactions of iodine (I) in soil is critical to evaluate radioiodine exposure and understand soil-to-crop transfer rates. Our mechanistic understanding has been constrained by method limitations in assessing the dynamic interactions of i... Read More about Short-Term Iodine Dynamics in Soil Solution.