Many rivers to cross: the journey of zinc from soil to seed

An important goal of micronutrient biofortification is to enhance the amount of bioavailable zinc in the edible seed of cereals and more specifically in the endosperm. The picture is starting to emerge for how zinc is translocated from the soil through the mother plant to the developing seed. On thi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lene Irene Olsen, Michael G Palmgren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2014.00030/full