Screening Ca concentration in staple food crops with energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF)

Background and aims: Calcium deficiency is evident in populations worldwide and combating this could be addressed with the biofortification of staple crops. Consequently, identification of Ca concentration in breeding trials would be essential. Here we report the use of energy dispersive x-ray fluor...

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Autores principales: Guild, Georgia E., Stangoulis, James
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171485
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description Background and aims: Calcium deficiency is evident in populations worldwide and combating this could be addressed with the biofortification of staple crops. Consequently, identification of Ca concentration in breeding trials would be essential. Here we report the use of energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) for the rapid screening of Ca concentration in seed samples. Methods: Grain samples of rice, wheat, pearl millet, bean, maize, and cowpea were provided from biofortification breeding programs and analysed with inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to determine the reference Ca concentration. A set of samples were used to develop a Ca EDXRF calibration for each crop and another set of samples to validate the method. Results: The EDXRF results were comparable to the reference ICP-MS analysis with an average difference of < ± 5 mg kg-1 for all crops and RSD for duplicate analysis < 10% for all crops. Conclusions: EDXRF is suitable for the rapid analysis of Ca in bean, cowpea, wheat, pearl millet, maize and rice samples.
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spelling CGSpace1714852025-01-29T12:58:14Z Screening Ca concentration in staple food crops with energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) Guild, Georgia E. Stangoulis, James biofortification calcium trace elements nutrients plants crops breeding programmes x-ray irradiation Background and aims: Calcium deficiency is evident in populations worldwide and combating this could be addressed with the biofortification of staple crops. Consequently, identification of Ca concentration in breeding trials would be essential. Here we report the use of energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) for the rapid screening of Ca concentration in seed samples. Methods: Grain samples of rice, wheat, pearl millet, bean, maize, and cowpea were provided from biofortification breeding programs and analysed with inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to determine the reference Ca concentration. A set of samples were used to develop a Ca EDXRF calibration for each crop and another set of samples to validate the method. Results: The EDXRF results were comparable to the reference ICP-MS analysis with an average difference of < ± 5 mg kg-1 for all crops and RSD for duplicate analysis < 10% for all crops. Conclusions: EDXRF is suitable for the rapid analysis of Ca in bean, cowpea, wheat, pearl millet, maize and rice samples. 2022-04 2025-01-29T12:58:14Z 2025-01-29T12:58:14Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171485 en Open Access Springer Guild, Georgia E.; and Stangoulis, James C. R. 2022. Screening Ca concentration in staple food crops with energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF). Plant and Soil 473: 659–667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-05283-3
spellingShingle biofortification
calcium
trace elements
nutrients
plants
crops
breeding programmes
x-ray irradiation
Guild, Georgia E.
Stangoulis, James
Screening Ca concentration in staple food crops with energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF)
title Screening Ca concentration in staple food crops with energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF)
title_full Screening Ca concentration in staple food crops with energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF)
title_fullStr Screening Ca concentration in staple food crops with energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF)
title_full_unstemmed Screening Ca concentration in staple food crops with energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF)
title_short Screening Ca concentration in staple food crops with energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF)
title_sort screening ca concentration in staple food crops with energy dispersive x ray fluorescence edxrf
topic biofortification
calcium
trace elements
nutrients
plants
crops
breeding programmes
x-ray irradiation
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171485
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