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Physiological and Physicochemical Responses of Potato to Selenium Biofortification in Tropical Soil

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The technique of biofortification with selenium (Se) in several agricultural crops has been well researched by the scientific community. However, for vegetable crops cultivated in tropical conditions, there is still little information. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the application of Se in the soil on physiological, agronomic, biofortification and antioxidant enzyme activity in tubers of Solanum tuberosum L. grown in tropical soil. Potato plants (cv. Agata) were cultivated in pots (7 kg) with soil that received two sources of Se (selenate and selenite) and five doses of Se (0; 0.75; 1.5; 3.0 and 5.0 mg kg−1). The results showed that the application of Se by both sources increased its content in the tubers. When applied in small doses, it provided beneficial effects on the production of tubers, increased Ca content in shoots and activated enzymes of the antioxidant system. High doses, in addition to decreasing production, reduced S content, pH and peroxidase activity in the tubers. Thus, selenate is the most efficient source for biofortification of potato under tropical conditions when supplied in low doses.

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The authors would like to thank the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico (CNPq), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for financial support and scholarship grant.

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    Vanuze Costa de Oliveira, Valdemar Faquin, João Paulo Carneiro, Ediu Carlos da Silva Júnior & Luiz Roberto Guimarães Guilherme

  2. Federal Institute of Mato Grosso, Juína, MT, Brazil

    Fabrício Ribeiro Andrade

  3. Department of Biology, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brazil

    Kamila Rezende Dázio de Souza

  4. Departament of Food Science, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brazil

    Joelma Pereira

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de Oliveira, V.C., Faquin, V., Andrade, F.R. et al. Physiological and Physicochemical Responses of Potato to Selenium Biofortification in Tropical Soil. Potato Res. 62, 315–331 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11540-019-9413-8

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