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- Title
Iodine Biofortification Counters Micronutrient Deficiency and Improve Functional Quality of Open Field Grown Curly Endive.
- Authors
Sabatino, Leo; Di Gaudio, Francesca; Consentino, Beppe Benedetto; Rouphael, Youssef; El-Nakhel, Christophe; Bella, Salvatore La; Vasto, Sonya; Mauro, Rosario Paolo; D'Anna, Fabio; Iapichino, Giovanni; Caldarella, Rosalia; De Pasquale, Claudio
- Abstract
Human iodine (I) shortage disorders are documented as an imperative world-wide health issue for a great number of people. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends I consumption through ingestion of seafood and biofortified food such as vegetables. The current work was carried out to appraise the effects of different I concentrations (0, 50, 250, and 500 mg L-1. Plants sprayed with 250 mg I L-1 and cultivated in the fall season had the highest I leaf concentration. Overall, our results evidently suggested that an I application of 250 mg L-1 in both growing seasons effectively enhanced plant quality and functional parameters in curly endive plants.
- Subjects
BIOFORTIFICATION; MICRONUTRIENTS; ENDIVE; FUNCTIONAL foods; SPRAYING &; dusting in agriculture
- Publication
Horticulturae, 2021, Vol 7, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
2311-7524
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/horticulturae7030058