Biofortify Your Greens: Iodine, Selenium & Hydroponic Nutrition

Host Dr. Russell Sharp of Hydroponics Daily explains how hydroponic fertigation and his product Gold Leaf (Liquid Gold in the UK) can be used to biofortify edible crops with nutrients like iodine, selenium, iron, zinc and silicon. The episode covers practical benefits, higher micronutrient content, potential shelf-life and quality improvements, and serious cautions, especially selenium toxicity, stressing professional handling and precise dosing. Listeners learn why hydroponics makes targeted nutrient enrichment easier than soil, which crops have been shown to respond (lettuce, basil), and how biofortification might impact human nutrition and future dietary needs. https://eutrema.co.uk/shop/fertiliser/liquid-gold-unique-complete-fertiliser/ Howarth E. Bouis — International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) / HarvestPlus Amy Saltzman — HarvestPlus Wolfgang H. Pfeiffer — HarvestPlus / CGIAR J.V. Meenakshi — IFPRI Ekin Birol — IFPRI / HarvestPlus Edward A. Boy — HarvestPlus Dean A. Boy — HarvestPlus Daniel Asare-Marfo — IFPRI / HarvestPlus Erick Boy — HarvestPlus Jan W. Low — International Potato Center (CIP) Robert O.M. Mwanga — International Potato Center (CIP) Maria I. Andrade — International Potato Center (CIP) Hugo Campos — International Potato Center (CIP) Graham Thiele — International Potato Center (CIP) Marcin G. Wirth — ETH Zürich Ines Slamet-Loedin — International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) B.P. Mallikarjuna Swamy — International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Rainer Schulin — ETH Zürich Roslyn B. Gleadow — Monash University Christine H. Foyer — University of Birmingham Ismail Cakmak — Sabanci University Güzel Velu — CIMMYT Iván Ortiz-Monasterio — CIMMYT R.P. (Ravi) Singh — CIMMYT Velu Govindan — CIMMYT Yuri (Y.) Hao — CIMMYT Manish Roorkiwal — ICRISAT Rajeev K. Varshney — CSIRO / formerly ICRISAT Hari D. Upadhyaya — ICRISAT Rajeev Gupta — CSIRO Michael J. Welch — Cornell University Ross M. Welch — Cornell University Robin D. Graham — University of Adelaide Richard D. Thompson — ETH Zürich Philip J. White — The James Hutton Institute Martin R. Broadley — University of Nottingham Steven P. McGrath — Rothamsted Research Andy R. Smith — University of Cambridge Cathie Martin — John Innes Centre Lionel J. Dupont — INRAE Victor Raboy — USDA-ARS Paul M. Hasegawa — Purdue University Jian-Kang Zhu — Purdue University David E. Salt — University of Nottingham Nicolaus von Wirén — Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Ute Krämer — Ruhr University Bochum Hakan Wallin — Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) M.S. (Mike) Griffiths — University of York Elad Tako — Cornell University Julia F. Kotzé — University of Pretoria Richard P. Glahn — USDA-ARS Raymond P. Glahn — USDA-ARS James P. Li — University of Minnesota Tom L. Sleper — University of Missouri Dean DellaPenna — Michigan State University Robert A. McClung — Carnegie Mellon University Peter Beyer — University of Freiburg Ingo Potrykus — ETH Zürich Paola Carillo — University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” Roberto Papa — Marche Polytechnic University Cristóbal Uauy — John Innes Centre Nigel G. Halford — Rothamsted Research Peter R. Shewry — Rothamsted Research Alison J. Smith — University of Cambridge Catherine J. Dixon — University of Leeds Darren J. Plett — CSIRO Agriculture and Food Mark Tester — University of Adelaide Jana K. Scharfenberg — Universi