title: Selenium-enriched durum wheat improves the nutritional profile of pasta without altering its organoleptic properties.
abstract: Two field experiments were conducted over three growing seasons (2006-07, 2008-09 and 2009-10) to evaluate Se-enriched pasta through foliar fertilization at various rates and timing of application on 4 durum wheat varieties. Our findings confirm the effectiveness of foliar Se fertilization to increase Se concentrations in durum wheat grain, even at high Se rates (120gSeha(-1)). Se fortification was significant across different genotypes, with greater Se accumulation in landraces ('Timilia') and obsolete varieties ('Cappelli'), with respect to modern varieties. The Se content in the grain was increased by up to 35-fold that of the untreated control. The Se concentration decreased during milling (11%), while processing and cooking of pasta did not show significant decreases. This biofortification stategy had no effects on grain quality parameters, except for reduced gluten index in the high-gluten variety PR22D89, as well as for the sensorial properties of the spaghetti.
authors: Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria - Centro di Ricerca per la Cerealicoltura (CREA-CER), S.S. 673 km 25.200, 71122 Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: pasquale.devita@crea.gov.it.
authors: Pasquale
authors: P
authors: De Vita
authors: Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria - Centro di Ricerca per la Cerealicoltura (CREA-CER), S.S. 673 km 25.200, 71122 Foggia, Italy.
authors: Cristiano
authors: C
authors: Platani
authors: Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria - Centro di Ricerca per la Cerealicoltura (CREA-CER), S.S. 673 km 25.200, 71122 Foggia, Italy.
authors: Mariagiovanna
authors: M
authors: Fragasso
authors: Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria - Centro di Ricerca per la Cerealicoltura (CREA-CER), S.S. 673 km 25.200, 71122 Foggia, Italy.
authors: Donatella Bianca Maria
authors: DBM
authors: Ficco
authors: Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria - Centro di Ricerca per la Cerealicoltura (CREA-CER), S.S. 673 km 25.200, 71122 Foggia, Italy.
authors: Salvatore Antonio
authors: SA
authors: Colecchia
authors: Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, degli Alimenti e dell'Ambiente, Università di Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71122 Foggia, Italy.
authors: Matteo Alessandro
authors: MA
authors: Del Nobile
authors: Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, degli Alimenti e dell'Ambiente, Università di Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71122 Foggia, Italy.
authors: Lucia
authors: L
authors: Padalino
authors: ALSIA Centro Ricerche Metapontum Agrobios, S.S. Jonica 106 km 448.2, 75012 Metaponto, MT, Italy.
authors: Spartaco
authors: S
authors: Di Gennaro
authors: ALSIA Centro Ricerche Metapontum Agrobios, S.S. Jonica 106 km 448.2, 75012 Metaponto, MT, Italy.
authors: Angelo
authors: A
authors: Petrozza
mesh_terms: D003296:Cooking; D002523:Edible Grain / Q000145:classification*; D005527:Food, Fortified; D005983:Glutens / Q000032:analysis*; D009753:Nutritive Value; D012643:Selenium / Q000032:analysis*; D014908:Triticum / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D005983:Glutens; D012643:Selenium
keywords: 1-Butanol (PubChem CID: 263); Boric Acid (PubChem CID: 7628); Durum wheat; Foliar fertilization; Grain quality; Pasta; Selenium; Sensory properties; Sodium Hydroxide (PubChem CID: 14798); Sodium Selenate (PubChem CID: 25960); Sodium dodecylsulphate (PubChem CID: 3423265); Sulfuric acid (PubChem CID: 1118); Tween20 (PubChem CID: 443314)