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New metabolic atlas maps how plants take up and process selenium
- March 22, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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An estimated 500 million to 1 billion people worldwide are affected by selenium deficiency, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR), working with the University of Turin in Italy, have developed a metabolic map describing how plants take up and process selenium. This knowledge could help develop crops with higher selenium levels.
Originally published at Phys.org