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Natural variation in grain selenium concentration of wild barley, Hordeum spontaneum, populations from Israel.
Biological trace element research - 1 Sept 2011
Yan Jun, Wang Fang, Qin Haibo, Chen Guoxiong, Eviatar Nevo, Fahima Tzion, Cheng Jianping
Abstract excerpt
Wild barley (Hordeum spontaneum), the progenitor of cultivated barley, is an important genetic resource for cereal improvement. Selenium (Se) is an essential trace mineral for humans and animals with antioxidant, anticancer, antiarthropathy, and antiviral effects. In the current study, the grain Se concentration (GSeC) of 92 H. spontaneum genotypes collected from nine populations representing different habitats...
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