Agronomic biofortification of cowpea with selenium: effects of selenate and selenite applications on selenium and phytate concentrations in seeds.
Vinícius M SilvaEduardo Hm BoletaJuliana T MartinsFlavia Lm Dos SantosAnne C da Rocha SilvaThomas David AlcockLolita WilsonMarco E de SáScott D YoungMartin R BroadleyPhilip J WhiteAndré Rodrigues Dos ReisPublished in: Journal of the science of food and agriculture (2019)
Selenate provides greater phytoavailability than selenite. The application of 10 g Se ha-1 of selenate to cowpea plants could provide sufficient seed Se to increase daily human intake by 13-14 μg d-1 . © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.
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