METHOD OF ENRICHING SEEDS WITH BIOAVAILABLE FORMS OF IODINE AND SELENIUM Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A23K1/22 A23L1/20 A23L1/304 A23L1/172 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to agriculture, specifically to methods of enriching legume seeds, particularly chickpea, with bioavailable forms of iodine and selenium. The method includes soaking and germinating seeds at temperature of 20-25°C for three days and completing germination once the length of the seedlings reaches 4-5 mm. Chickpea seeds are enriched with a solution of inorganic iodine- and selenium-containing salts with sodium selenite and potassium iodide content of 0.1 g and 0.225 g per litre of bidistilled water, respectively. When assimilated by the plant, inorganic forms of iodine and selenium are converted to bioavailable organic forms.

EFFECT: method simplifies the germination technique, improves the quality of material, increases the content of organic forms of iodine and selenium in plants that are more bioavailable than inorganic forms.

2 dwg, 3 tbl