Selenium (Se) is one of the elements that determine the normal functioning of an organism; it has antioxidant properties and protects the organism against the actions of free radicals and carcinogenic factors. Selenium is an element that fulfils an important physiological function (Kieliszek and Blažejak 2013), but apart from all the elements, selenium has one of the narrowest range between dietary deficiency (< 40 µg/day) and toxic levels (> 400 µg/day) (Fordyce 2007).While there is no evidence of Se need for higher plants, several reports show that when Se added at low concentrations, it exerts beneficial effects on plant growth. Se may act as quasi-essential micronutrient through altering different physiological and biochemical traits; thus, plants vary considerably in their physiological and biochemical response to Se (El-Ramady et al. 2016).During the last decade, studies related with strategies for Se biofortification in food plants for human nutrition have increased significantly because this metalloid is incorporated into human metabolism mainly as a constituent of food plants (Mora et al. 2015). Biofortification is defined as the process of increasing the bioavailable concentrations of essential elements in the edible portions of cultivated plants through agricultural management (fertilization) or genetic improvement (White and Brodlay 2005).Plant-derived foodstuffs, namely cereals, are the major dietary sources of Se in most countries throughout the world, even if Se contents are strongly dependent upon the corresponding levels in cereal-growing soils. Therefore, wheat is one of the staple crops that appears as an obvious candidate for Se biofortification, considering its Possibility of selenium biofortification of winter wheat grain
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