Green manure addition to soil increases grain zinc concentration in bread wheat.

Green manure addition to soil increases grain zinc concentration in bread wheat.

Zinc (Zn) deficiency is a major problem for many people living on wheat-based diets. Here, we explored whether addition of green manure of red clover and sunflower to a calcareous soil or inoculating a non-indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) strain may increase grain Zn concentration in b...

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Main Authors: Forough Aghili, Hannes A Gamper, Jost Eikenberg, Amir H Khoshgoftarmanesh, Majid Afyuni, Rainer Schulin, Jan Jansa, Emmanuel Frossard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4084887?pdf=render

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