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Tuning of the Amount of Se in Rice (Oryza sativa) Grain by Varying the Nature of the Irrigation Method: Development of an ICP-MS Analytical Protocol, Validation and Application to 26 Different Rice Genotypes.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 17 Apr 2020
Spanu Antonino, Langasco Ilaria, Valente Massimiliano, Deroma Mario Antonello, Spano Nadia, Barracu Francesco, Pilo Maria Itria, Sanna Gavino
Abstract excerpt
The amount of specific trace elements like selenium (Se) may be of health concern for humans if contained in too high (or low) quantities in staple foods like rice. Among the attempts aimed to optimize the Se concentration in rice, only few studies have been focused on the use of irrigation methods other than continuous flooding. Since intermittent irriguous methods, like sprinkler and saturation, have found to...
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