Table 2.
Chemical forms of each mineral used in the biofortification of some vegetable crops.
| Basil | Brassica spp. | Carrot | Lettuce | Onion | Potato | Radish | Spinach | Tomato | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ca | Calcium phosphate, calcium chloride | Calcium chloride | Calcium chloride | Calcium chloride, calcium nitrate | |||||
| Cu | Cu-EDTA 1 | ||||||||
| Fe | Iron sulphate | Fe-EDDHA 2 | |||||||
| I | Potassium iodide, potassium iodate | Potassium iodide, potassium iodate | Potassium iodide, potassium iodate | Potassium iodide, potassium iodate | Potassiumiodide | Potassium iodide, potassium iodate | Potassium iodide, potassium iodate | Potassium iodide, potassium iodate | |
| Mg | Magnesium chloride, magnesium sulphate | Magnesium sulphate | |||||||
| Se | Sodium selenate | Sodium selenate, sodium selenite | Sodium selenate, sodium selenite | Sodium selenate, sodium selenite | Sodium selenate | Sodium selenate, sodium selenite | Sodium selenate, sodium selenite | Sodium selenate, sodium selenite | Sodium selenate, sodium selenite |
| Si | Potassium meta silicate | Potassium silicate, sodium silicate | |||||||
| Zn | Zinc nitrate, Zinc sulphate | Zinc oxide, zinc sulphate, Zinc EDTA 1 | Zinc sulphate | Zn-AML 3, Zn-EDDHSA 4, Zn-EDTA 1, Zn-PHP 5, Zn-HEDTA 6, Zn-EDTA 1-HEDTA 6, Zn-DTPA 7-HEDTA 6-EDTA1, Zn-EDDS 8 | Zinc nitrate, zinc oxide, zinc sulphate, Zn-EDTA 1 |
1 Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, 2 Ethylenediamine-N,N′-bis(2-hydroxyphenylacetic acid), 3 Aminolignosulfonate, 4 ethylenediamine-di-(2-hydroxy-5-sulfophenylacetate), 5 Polyhydroxyphenylcarboxylate, 6 N-2-hydroxyethyl-ethylenediaminetriacetate, 7 Diethylenetriaminepentaacetate, 8 Ethylenediamine disuccinate. The list includes those papers that reported the initial and final concentration of mineral element in the edible part of vegetables.