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Evaluation of genotypic variation of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italic) in response to selenium treatment.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 27 Apr 2011
Ramos Silvio J, Yuan Youxi, Faquin Valdemar, Guilherme Luiz Roberto G, Li Li
Abstract excerpt
Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italic) fortified with selenium (Se) has been promoted as a functional food. Here, we evaluated 38 broccoli accessions for their capacity to accumulate Se and for their responses to selenate treatment in terms of nutritional qualities and sulfur gene expresion. We found that the total Se content varied with over 2-fold difference among the leaf tissues of broccoli accessions when...
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