Minerals in plant food: effect of agricultural practices and role in human health. A review

Martínez-Ballesta, María del Carmen; Domínguez‐Perles, Raúl; Moreno, Diego A.; Muries, Beatriz; Alcaraz‐López, Carlos; Bastías, Elizabeth; García‐Viguera, Cristina; Carvajal, Micaela

doi:10.1051/agro/2009022

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“…As such, a micronutrient deficiency in food crops, due to its lack in soil, could translate to micronutrient deficiency in humans (White and Broadley 2009;Martínez-Ballesta et al 2010;Joy et al 2015;Oliver and Gregory 2015). In countries where staple foods consist mainly of cereals and tubers grown in nutrient-poor soils, human micronutrient deficiency, especially of Zn, is widespread, representing a major cause of stunting and child death.…”

Section: Soil Micronutrients In Relation To Human Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…at the cell plasma membrane. Notably, this process, performed by members of a family of ferric reductases (FRO), is not only nonselective for the metal that is converted (Norvell et al 1993;Cohen et al 1997;Robinson et al 1999;Schaaf et al 2004;Johnson and Barton 2007;Martínez-Ballesta et al 2010;Dimkpa et al 2015a, b) but also occurs in both root and shoot cells (Mukherjee et al 2006;Martínez-Ballesta et al 2010). With Ni and Zn, uptake by plant is in the form of the divalent ions, even though Ni, but not Zn, participates in redox reactions.…”

Section: Agronomic Role (Ii): Enhancement Of the Efficiency Of Npkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fortification of micronutrients for efficient agronomic production: a review

Dimkpa

Bindraban

2016

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Micronutrients are essential mineral elements required for both plant and human development. However, micronutrients are often lacking in soils, crop, and food. Micronutrients are therefore used as fertilizer to increase crop productivity, especially when the application of conventional NPK fertilizers is not efficient. Here, we review the application of micronutrients in crop production. Reports show that micronutrients enhance crop nutritional quality, crop yield, biomass production, and resiliency to drought, pest, and diseases. These positive effects range from 10 to 70 %, dependent on the micronutrient, and occur with or without NPK fertilization. We discuss the uptake by plants of micronutrients as nanosize particulate materials, relative to conventional uptake of ionic nutrients. We also show that packaging of micronutrients as nanoparticles could have more profound effects on crop responses and fertilizer use efficiency, compared to conventional salts or bulk oxides.

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Section: Soil Micronutrients In Relation To Human Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Agronomic Role (Ii): Enhancement Of the Efficiency Of Npkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fortification of micronutrients for efficient agronomic production: a review

Dimkpa

Bindraban

2016

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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“…The saponins from C. borivilianum have aphrodisiac property and popularly used as a safe alternative to Viagra 22 . Saponins from investigated Chlorophytum species was ranged from 2.95±0.3% to 13.2±0.4%.…”

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Proximate Analysis and Elemental Composition of Seventeen Species of Chlorophytum From the Western Ghats

Nalawade¹,

Gurav²

2017

Int. Res. J. Pharm.

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Chlorophytum holds an important position in herbal and Ayurvedic medicines of India. The different elemental constituents at trace levels and phytochemicals specially Saponins from roots of Chlorophytum play an effective role in the medicines prepared. The Proximate composition and elemental content from roots of 17 species of Chlorophytum from the Western Ghats has been analysed. A total of 13 elements N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Na, Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn, Mo and B have been measured. In proximate analysis percentage of moisture, ash, crude protein, crude fats and carbohydrate were determined using standard methods. Highest Saponin content is found in C. gothanense (13.2±0.3%) while lowest in C. filipendulum subsp. amaniense (2.95±0.3%).

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“…Phosphorus deficiency causes painful bone, anxiety, fatigue, and skin sensitivity (Martínez-Ballesta et al, 2010). These symptoms should be reduced by using common bean cultivars biofortified for phosphorus in the diet.…”

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“…Phosphorus contributes to diminishing fatigue, anxiety, and skin sensibility symptoms (Martínez-Ballesta et al, 2010). Zinc helps control dermatitis (Gibson, 2012), and copper has been used to control hypochromic anemia (Huskisson et al, 2007).…”

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Genetic dissimilarity of common bean lines for agronomic and biofortification traits

Maziero¹,

Ribeiro²,

Casagr³

2017

Genet. Mol. Res.

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ABSTRACT. The evaluation of the genetic dissimilarity of common bean lines obtained by the breeding program is significant to identify duplicate accessions, to select superior lines, and to plan new hybrid combinations. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the genetic dissimilarity of common bean genotypes for agronomic and mineral biofortification traits, select superior lines, and identify promising hybrid combinations for biofortification programs. For this purpose, 169 common bean genotypes (F 6:8 inbred lines and parental cultivars) were evaluated in two experiments conducted in a simple lattice design in Santa Maria-RS, Brazil. The following agronomic traits were evaluated: insertion of the first pod, insertion of the last pod, cycle, mass of 100 grains, grain yield, and concentrations of potassium, phosphorus, zinc, and copper in grains. The genotypes assessed presented genetic variability for all traits, except for copper concentration in grains. The traits that showed the highest contribution to the genetic dissimilarity were the concentrations of phosphorus, potassium, and zinc in grains. In cluster analyses, six groups by principal components and 33 groups by the Tocher optimization method were identified. These methods partially agreed in the formation of different groups of common bean genotypes. Controlled crossings between the lines 17 and 162 with lines of groups XX, XXI, XXIV, and XXXIII are recommended to obtain recombinants with high grain yield and biofortified for phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.

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Minerals in plant food: effect of agricultural practices and role in human health. A review

Cited by 188 publications

References 125 publications

Fortification of micronutrients for efficient agronomic production: a review

Fortification of micronutrients for efficient agronomic production: a review

Proximate Analysis and Elemental Composition of Seventeen Species of Chlorophytum From the Western Ghats

Genetic dissimilarity of common bean lines for agronomic and biofortification traits

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