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Evolutionary origins of abnormally large shoot sodium accumulation in nonsaline environments within the Caryophyllales (2016)
Journal Article

The prevalence of sodium (Na) “hyperaccumulator” species, which exhibit abnormally large shoot sodium concentrations ([Na]shoot) when grown in non-saline environments, was investigated among angiosperms in general and within the Caryophyllales order... Read More about Evolutionary origins of abnormally large shoot sodium accumulation in nonsaline environments within the Caryophyllales.

The influence of style and origin on mineral composition of beers retailing in the UK (2016)
Journal Article

Beer has high nutritional values in terms of energy and is also a dietary source of antioxidants, carbohydrates and minerals among others. In Europe, 53 Mt of beer are produced annually, and with an average supply of 68.2 kg capita‾¹ year‾¹ among adu... Read More about The influence of style and origin on mineral composition of beers retailing in the UK.

Root morphology and seed and leaf ionomic traits in a Brassica napus L. diversity panel show wide phenotypic variation and are characteristic of crop habit (2016)
Journal Article

Background Mineral nutrient uptake and utilisation by plants are controlled by many traits relating to root morphology, ion transport, sequestration and translocation. The aims of this study were to determine the phenotypic diversity in root morph... Read More about Root morphology and seed and leaf ionomic traits in a Brassica napus L. diversity panel show wide phenotypic variation and are characteristic of crop habit.

QTL meta-analysis of root traits in Brassica napus under contrasting phosphorus supply in two growth systems (2016)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2016. A high-density SNP-based genetic linkage map was constructed and integrated with a previous map in the Tapidor x Ningyou7 (TNDH) Brassica napus population, giving a new map with a total of 2041 molecular markers and an average m... Read More about QTL meta-analysis of root traits in Brassica napus under contrasting phosphorus supply in two growth systems.

Elemental composition of Malawian rice (2016)
Journal Article

Widespread potential dietary deficiencies of calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), iodine (I), selenium (Se) and zinc (Zn) have been identified in Malawi. Several deficiencies are likely to be compounded by high phytic acid (PA) consumption. Rice (Oryzasativa) is... Read More about Elemental composition of Malawian rice.

Valuing increased zinc (Zn) fertiliser-use in Pakistan (2016)
Journal Article

Background and Aims: Use of zinc (Zn) fertilisers may be cost-effective in increasing crop yields and in alleviating dietary Zn deficiency. However, Zn fertilisers are underutilised in many countries despite the widespread occurrence of Zn-deficient... Read More about Valuing increased zinc (Zn) fertiliser-use in Pakistan.

A novel Brassica–rhizotron system to unravel the dynamic changes in root system architecture of oilseed rape under phosphorus deficiency (2016)
Journal Article

Background and Aims: An important adaptation of plants to phosphorus (P) deficiency is to alter root system architecture (RSA) to increase P acquisition from the soil, but soil-based observations of RSA are technically challenging, especially in matu... Read More about A novel Brassica–rhizotron system to unravel the dynamic changes in root system architecture of oilseed rape under phosphorus deficiency.

High-throughput phenotyping (HTP) identifies seedling root traits linked to variation in seed yield and nutrient capture in field-grown oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) (2016)
Journal Article

Background and Aims. Root traits can be selected for crop improvement. Techniques such as soil excavations can be used to screen root traits in the field, but are limited to genotypes that are well-adapted to field conditions. The aim of this study w... Read More about High-throughput phenotyping (HTP) identifies seedling root traits linked to variation in seed yield and nutrient capture in field-grown oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.).

Inter-cultivar variation in soil-to-plant transfer of radiocaesium and radiostrontium in Brassica oleracea (2016)
Journal Article

Radiocaesium and radiostrontium enter the human food chain primarily via soil-plant transfer. However, uptake of these radionuclides can differ significantly within species (between cultivars). The aim of this study was to assess inter-cultivar varia... Read More about Inter-cultivar variation in soil-to-plant transfer of radiocaesium and radiostrontium in Brassica oleracea.

Analysis of root growth from a phenotyping data set using a density-based model (2016)
Journal Article

Major research efforts are targeting the improved performance of root systems for more efficient use of water and nutrients by crops. However, characterizing root system architecture (RSA) is challenging, because roots are difficult objects to observ... Read More about Analysis of root growth from a phenotyping data set using a density-based model.