Enrichment factors and transfer coefficients from soil to rye plants by INAA

C. Galinha; M. Freitas; A. Pacheco

doi:10.1007/s10967-010-0803-2

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Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volume/Issue:: Volume 286: Issue 2

Enrichment factors and transfer coefficients from soil to rye plants by INAA

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C. Galinha

C. Galinha

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M. Freitas

M. Freitas URSN-ITN, Technological and Nuclear Institute, E.N. 10, 2686-953 Sacavém, Portugal

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A. Pacheco

A. Pacheco CERENA-IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal

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Pages:: 583–589

Online Publication Date:: 02 Sep 2010

Publication Date:: 01 Nov 2010

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-010-0803-2

Keywords:: Cereals; Chemical elements; Cultivation soils; Enrichment factors; Mainland Portugal; Rye plants; Transfer coefficients; INAA

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Abstract

An extensive investigation of elemental levels in cereals and their cultivation soils has been going on across the main production areas of mainland Portugal, with a view to an eventual biofortification of major cultivars through agronomic practices. Cereals are an obvious choice as primary vehicles for food-supplementation programs, especially in countries where they definitely weigh in the dietary intake (like Portugal), and regions whose geographical and/or pedological features may account for nutrient deficiencies in typical diets. Mature rye plants (Secale cereale L.; roots and grains) and local soils were collected in the summer of 2009 from two regions of northern Portugal, and put through k₀-standardized, instrumental neutron activation analysis (k₀-INAA). Overall, the results (elemental concentrations, enrichment factors, transfer coefficients) seem to confirm an efficient uptake of elements from soil and their translocation to the aerial parts of the plants, notably to the ones that really matter in human nutrition (grains).

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