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SUBMITTER: Ramkissoon C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6925308 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ramkissoon Chandnee C Degryse Fien F da Silva Rodrigo C RC Baird Roslyn R Young Scott D SD Bailey Elizabeth H EH McLaughlin Mike J MJ
Scientific reports 20191220 1
Increasing the selenium (Se) concentration of staple crops by fertilization is a valuable pathway to increase Se in the human diet, thus preventing Se deficiency. A pot trial was set up to investigate whether the application of 3.33 µg kg<sup>-1</sup> of Se (equivalent to 10 g ha<sup>-1</sup>) to wheat can be made more efficient by its co-application with macronutrient carriers, either to the soil or to the leaves. In the soil, Se was applied either on its own (selenate only) or as a granular, S ...[more]