Soil Selenium (Se) Biofortification Changes the Physiological, Biochemical and Epigenetic Responses to Water Stress in Zea mays L. by Inducing a Higher Drought Tolerance

Soil Selenium (Se) Biofortification Changes the Physiological, Biochemical and Epigenetic Responses to Water Stress in Zea mays L. by Inducing a Higher Drought Tolerance

Requiring water and minerals to grow and to develop its organs, Maize (Zea mays L.) production and distribution is highly rainfall-dependent. Current global climatic changes reveal irregular rainfall patterns and this could represent for maize a stressing condition resulting in yield and productivit...

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Main Authors: Marika Bocchini, Roberto D’Amato, Simona Ciancaleoni, Maria C. Fontanella, Carlo A. Palmerini, Gian M. Beone, Andrea Onofri, Valeria Negri, Gianpiero Marconi, Emidio Albertini, Daniela Businelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
selenium
maize
selenium speciation
water stress
DNA methylation
epigenetic
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.00389/full

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