Rice Biofortification With Zinc and Selenium: A Transcriptomic Approach to Understand Mineral Accumulation in Flag Leaves

Rice Biofortification With Zinc and Selenium: A Transcriptomic Approach to Understand Mineral Accumulation in Flag Leaves

Human malnutrition due to micronutrient deficiencies, particularly with regards to Zinc (Zn) and Selenium (Se), affects millions of people around the world, and the enrichment of staple foods through biofortification has been successfully used to fight hidden hunger. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of...

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Main Authors: Faustino Adriano Roda, Isabel Marques, Paula Batista-Santos, Maria Glória Esquível, Alexis Ndayiragije, Fernando Cebola Lidon, B. P. Mallikarjuna Swamy, José Cochicho Ramalho, Ana I. Ribeiro-Barros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
biofortification
flag leaves
rice
RNASeq
selenium
transcriptomics
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2020.00543/full

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