- 1Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
- 2Laboratorio de Fisiología, Departamento de Horticultura, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Saltillo, Mexico
- 3Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Departamento de Horticultura, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Saltillo, Mexico
- 4Departamento de Botánica, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Saltillo, Mexico
Iodine is not considered essential for land plants; however, in some aquatic plants, iodine plays a critical role in antioxidant metabolism. In humans, iodine is essential for the metabolism of the thyroid and for the development of cognitive abilities, and it is associated with lower risks of developing certain types of cancer. Therefore, great efforts are made to ensure the proper intake of iodine to the population, for example, the iodization of table salt. In the same way, as an alternative, the use of different iodine fertilization techniques to biofortify crops is considered an adequate iodine supply method. Hence, biofortification with iodine is an active area of research, with highly relevant results. The agricultural application of iodine to enhance growth, environmental adaptation, and stress tolerance in plants has not been well explored, although it may lead to the increased use of this element in agricultural practice and thus contribute to the biofortification of crops. This review systematically presents the results published on the application of iodine in agriculture, considering different environmental conditions and farming systems in various species and varying concentrations of the element, its chemical forms, and its application method. Some studies report beneficial effects of iodine, including better growth, and changes in the tolerance to stress and antioxidant capacity, while other studies report that the applications of iodine cause no response or even have adverse effects. We suggested different assumptions that attempt to explain these conflicting results, considering the possible interaction of iodine with other trace elements, as well as the different physicochemical and biogeochemical conditions that give rise to the distinct availability and the volatilization of the element.
This review aims to provide an overview of the biofortification of iodine, presenting the progress in this important area of agricultural research. Information is included about the possible alternative use of iodine as an inductor of abiotic and biotic tolerance. In the literature, a series of reviews focused on human deficiency of iodine resulting from the irregular distribution of the element and its complex and still not well-understood dynamics is available. This review complements the information presented by other authors (Whitehead, 1984; Fuge and Johnson, 1986, 2015; Johnson, 2003; Fuge, 2005, 2013; Steinnes, 2009; Charlton and Skeaff, 2011; Küpper et al., 2011; Moreda-Piñeiro et al., 2011; Pearce et al., 2013) focusing on agronomic efforts and on the comparison of different methods of biofortification applied.
Iodine Dynamics
The oceans are the largest reservoirs of bioavailable iodine on the planet; from there, the element is distributed into the atmosphere and land areas (Fuge, 1996; Venturi, 2011). The second most important reservoir of iodine is the soil, which has a higher content than does its parent material as a result of the activity of the living organisms (Muramatsu and Yoshida, 1999). Approximately 4 × 1011 g year−1 of iodine volatilize from the ocean into the atmosphere (Miyake and Tsunogai, 1963; Amachi, 2008), with an estimated of 1.14–3.17 × 1011 g year−1 that volatilizes as CH3I (Moore and Groszko, 1999). In the atmosphere, iodine reaches concentrations of 5–20 ng m−3 in gaseous forms and 1–5 ng m−3 as particulate iodine (Moyers and Duce, 1972). This atmospheric iodine, in the form of I2 and organoiodine compounds (CH3I and iodinated humic acids), reacts photochemically with O3 and forms radicals (I2O2, I2O3, and I2O4) that become transformed into I2O5. This compound forms particles with a nanometric dimension that induces condensed nuclei for cloud formation (Saunders and Plane, 2005). Iodine in the form of gas and aerosol is carried by the wind and rain to land areas, where it is found in soils mainly in the form of iodide (I−) and iodate (). In rainwater, the iodine appears at concentration of 2 μg L−1 (Bowley, 2013). Once found on land, iodine is distributed in different ways: it is again mobilized by volatilization into the atmosphere by abiotic and biotic processes, fixed in soil and biomass, or dragged to the ocean through water streams (Whitehead, 1984; Moreda-Piñeiro et al., 2011; Saunders et al., 2012; Fuge and Johnson, 2015; Figure 1).
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Figure 1. The global cycle of iodine. The hydrosphere contains a store of iodine estimated at 7.9 × 1016 g. From there it reaches the atmosphere (which stores ~5 × 1012 g of iodine) by volatilization (Fuge and Johnson, 1986), forming gases, and aerosols that are brought to land areas and incorporated into terrestrial ecosystems by deposition, precipitation, or absorption. Through new processes of iodine volatilization and dragging on the surface and through underground streams, iodine returns to the ocean. These processes involve significant microbial participation. All compartments of iodine storage are dynamic, being under constant turnover. Adapted from Moreda-Piñeiro et al. (2011).
The distribution of iodine between different terrestrial compartments occurs with the significant participation of microbiological processes (Amachi et al., 2003; Amachi, 2008). From a physiological perspective, it is assumed that the flux of iodine among different organisms is valuable as a source of antioxidant potential (Crockford, 2009; Venturi, 2011), as well as by the metabolic value of the compounds resulting from the reaction between the amino acid tyrosine and iodine, such as thyroxine (T4) and its derivatives (T2 and T3; Eales, 1997; Heyland and Moroz, 2005). From an ecological standpoint, the iodine flux between the different layers of the Earth, ecological compartments, and organisms may be considered part of the global system of energy dissipation (Karnani and Annila, 2009).
Among the biological processes of iodine mobilization, one receiving close attention involves iodine metabolism by seaweeds of the genus Laminaria (Leblanc et al., 2006), which volatilize iodine through the production of molecular iodine (I2) and organoiodine compounds (CH3I and CH2I2; Moore and Groszko, 1999; Carpenter et al., 2000; Leblanc et al., 2006; Jones et al., 2010), coupling the process with the antioxidant metabolism to reduce oxidative stress (Küpper et al., 2008; Nitschke et al., 2013). It has been shown that one iodoperoxidase enzyme dependent on vanadium (V-IPO) is critical in this antioxidant system (Figure 2).
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Figure 2. Absorption, metabolism, accumulation, and volatilization of iodine in algae of the genus Laminaria. V-IPO, iodoperoxidase enzyme dependent on vanadium; Org., organic compounds.
The I− that is absorbed from seawater reacts with H2O2, (catalyzed by V-IPO) to produce hypoiodous acid (HIO; Küpper et al., 1998). The oxidative process is named peroxide-dependent diffusion (PDD) and occurs in macroalgae, bacteria, and animals outside of the chordates (Miller and Heyland, 2013). The resulting HIO may (i) diffuse into the cytoplasm to be accumulated, (ii) react to form volatile organoiodine compounds, or (iii) react in the apoplast with I− to produce I2, which can also migrate to the cytoplasm and be stored or volatilized (McFiggans et al., 2004; Leblanc et al., 2006). Figure 2 partially explains the value of iodine as an antioxidant. Iodide may be a source of reduction potential to the cellular system, once oxidized it can be used for metabolic purposes, stored at an intracellular iodine pool or, to avoid excessive accumulation, dissipated by means of volatile organoiodine compounds or I2 sublimation.
It has not been proven that iodine plays a central antioxidant role in land plants as in the Laminaria macroalgae, although it has been reported that in the presence of iodine, crop plants increase their antioxidant levels (Gupta et al., 2015). It is assumed that during their evolution, land plants decreased their dependency on iodine as an inorganic antioxidant, developing a whole new series of organic antioxidants (such as ascorbic acid, polyphenols, and carotenoids) in response to the low concentration of available iodine in the emerged areas (Venturi, 2011). Notwithstanding the apparent non-dependency on iodine, higher plants absorb iodine through their roots and leaves, and dissipate it (Barry and Chamberlain, 1963; Whitehead, 1979; Amiro and Johnston, 1989) using halogen methyltransferases not dependent on vanadium (Landini et al., 2012). Similar to iodine, the vanadium is an element of low bioavailability in land areas (Cappuyns and Swennen, 2014); thus it is possible that iodine oxidases have evolved as a dependent on one-carbon metabolism. However, the question of whether vanadium is essential for plants, coupled with the possibility that plant responses to iodine occur under a context of low bioavailability of vanadium has not been fully resolved (Pilbeam and Drihem, 2007). Additionally, marine photosynthetic organisms, algae, and diatoms synthesize analogs to thyroxine (Heyland and Moroz, 2005; Crockford, 2009), and the land plants have transthyretin-like proteins with sequence homology to transthyretin (TTR), the protein for thyroxine transport (Eneqvist et al., 2003; Pessoa et al., 2010); thus, it is possible that iodine may have metabolic functions that are not yet understood in land plants. In animals, the evolutionary strategy to address the low iodine availability in land areas is different: animals are still dependent on iodine as an indispensable element, and iodine is stored in vertebrates in the follicular tissue of the thyroid. In other groups, such as invertebrates and prochordates, iodine is accumulated in other tissues or specific proteins (Eales, 1997). Animal organisms obtain iodine mostly from food intake and, to a lesser extent, through the absorption from drinking water and from gas exchange during breathing (Vought et al., 1970; Whitehead, 1984; Fuge and Johnson, 2015).
Iodine and Human Health
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), iodine deficiency (Figure 3) is among the most common nutritional deficiencies, along with those of iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), and vitamin A (Burlingame, 2013; Prasad, 2013).
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Figure 3. Regions where the population presents a high risk of iodine deficiency are marked in orange on the map. Adapted from Burlingame (2013).
From the perspective of human health, iodine is one of the most studied elements because of its metabolic importance and because of the complexity associated with the factors that induce its deficiency. Iodine deficiency occurs in many regions of the planet; the irregular distribution of iodine on the Earth's crust is considered as a primal factor (FAO, 2009). An estimated 2 × 109 people ingest an insufficient amount of iodine (Mottiar, 2013), causing the so-called iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs). IDDs refer to illnesses associated with low iodine consumption (Zimmermann et al., 2008).
The best-known IDD due to its prominent symptom is goiter. Nevertheless, the presence of less tangible IDDs has been observed in recent decades, such as an adverse impact on physical and cognitive development in children, and on productivity in adults (Lazarus et al., 2012); it has also been associated with a higher incidence of fetal death, miscarriages, and congenital anomalies (Zimmermann, 2009). On the other hand, it was recently demonstrated that iodine is capable of acting as an antioxidant and as an antiproliferative of malignant cells (Funahashi et al., 2001; García-Solís et al., 2005; Aranda et al., 2013; Anguiano and Aceves, 2011). The daily requirement of iodine, according to the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA; World Health Organization, 2007; Andersson et al., 2012), is among 90 and 200 μg day−1.
Foods contain different quantities of iodine depending on their origin, individual characteristics, conservation, and preparation. A comprehensive study of the literature (Fordyce, 2003) indicated that the geometric mean iodine concentration in foods is 87 μg kg−1, a small amount when considering the daily requirements previously mentioned. Data separation by food type is provided in Table 1.
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Table 1. Iodine content in different foods (Fordyce, 2003).
Except for the sea fishes, nearly all foods have a low iodine content. The data presented in Table 1 may vary depending on the site where the foods are collected or produced, but clearly show the need to increase the iodine amount in foods. As an example: it has been suggested that lettuce must contain 50–100 μg of iodine per 100 g of fresh weight (Lawson et al., 2015), that is, values several times higher than those shown in Table 1.
Numerous attempts to mitigate the deficit in the consumption of iodine have been made, mainly since the 1920s through the universal iodization of table salt (de Caffarelli, 1997; Zimmermann, 2009; Charlton et al., 2013). However, throughout the years it has been shown that this technique alone is insufficient to ensure the total requirement of iodine (de Benoist et al., 2008), partly because the iodine of table salt is unstable and is subject to many losses by volatilization (Mottiar and Altosaar, 2011). In this regard, the consumption of iodine in organic forms such as seaweed and biofortified foods and yeast, is considered more appropriate (Funahashi et al., 2001; Weng et al., 2008a; Kopeć et al., 2015) because those organic sources are more stable than inorganic ones.
The maximum recommended dietary dose of iodine ranges from 1000 μg day−1 (Pennington, 1990) in a daily basis, to 2000 μg day−1 by not more than 3 weeks (Backer and Hollowell, 2000). Iodine toxicities are not common under normal conditions (Gupta and Gupta, 1998), and humans appear to have a high tolerance to iodine doses <2000 μg day−1 (Bulloch, 2014). Frequently, the toxicity by iodine occurs by genetic or physiological predisposition (Rose et al., 2002) or by the use of iodine-based products as disinfectants (Backer and Hollowell, 2000) and medications (Bulloch, 2014).
Therefore, it is necessary to promote the use of techniques, such as the biofortification of crops, to achieve an adequate iodine intake from foods, either as a complement or as an alternative to the inorganic sources of iodine as the table salt.
Iodine Applications in Agricultural Crops
There have been numerous studies on the application of iodine in various plant species with the purpose of biofortifying crops. The results reported in the literature are variable according to the applied concentration, chemical form used and adopted production system (Tables 2–4). An overview is presented on the absorption, transport and volatilization of iodine in plants, followed by summaries reporting the concentrations and chemical forms of iodine that are used in different production systems.
Absorption and Metabolism of Iodine
Iodine is an element that can be absorbed by the root and in aerial structures both by the stomata and by the cuticular waxes with high degree of unsaturation and great capacity to take iodine (Shaw et al., 2007; Tschiersch et al., 2009), both in dissolved form and in gas form as I2 and CH3I. The impact of the differences among species in the profile and quantity of cuticular waxes on leaf iodine absorption has not been verified. This information may be relevant considering that the cuticular waxes interacting with iodine can be alternatives for the pre- and post-harvest biofortification of fruits and seeds.
There is no information to indicate how much of the element that has been taken up by the plants comes from the soil and how much from the atmosphere, but it is known that the absorption of iodine in gas form can be significant (Barry and Chamberlain, 1963; Nakamura and Ohmomo, 1984; Whitehead, 1984). In opposite Tsukada et al. (2008) estimated the atmospheric contribution to the iodine uptake of rice to be only 0.2%. The direct atmospheric contribution would be expected to be higher in regions near the sea and lower in continental areas; however, the evidence indicates that the volatilization of iodine that is fixed in the soil may also be an important factor in iodine transfer to organisms (Whitehead, 1984; Fuge and Johnson, 2015).
Once the iodine is absorbed, it is transported through the xylem, finding that its redistribution through the phloem is low (Herrett et al., 1962); thus it accumulates in greater amounts in leaves than in fruits and seeds. However, in lettuce plants treated with iodine by leaf spray Smoleń et al. (2014a) found evidence of iodine transport from leaves to the roots. In wheat plants, even when iodine was applied by foliar spraying, the mobility from the leaves to the grains (termed the translocation factor) was very low (0.2–1.1%), but this value appears to be cumulative, i.e., iodine moves from the leaves to the grain with each application event (Hurtevent et al., 2013). The observed translocation factors for radish, potato, and bean range from 0.8 to 2.6%, 0.1 to 2.3%, and 0.1 to 2.6%, respectively (Henner et al., 2013). On the other hand, the iodine transfer factor (ITF) refers to the element that is absorbed by the root, and is defined as the ratio of the iodine concentration in the plant tissues to its concentration in the substrate. ITF is higher in leafy crops such as spinach (ITF ≥ 2.0), than in fruits such as tomatoes and nectarines, or cereal grains (0.0005 ≤ ITF ≤ 0.02; Shinonaga et al., 2001; Lawson, 2014). For example, starting with a soil concentration of 48 mg kg−1, the distribution of the iodine that is absorbed by a rice plant (dry weight) is as follows: 53 mg kg−1 in the root, 16 mg kg−1 in the leaves, and 0.034 mg kg−1 in the polished grain (Tsukada et al., 2008).
When iodine is applied to plants as it is reduced to I− by the action of an iodate reductase, which responds to the availability of iodine in the medium (Kato et al., 2013). This reductase activity also occurs in microorganisms (Amachi, 2008), but the magnitude of the microbial contribution in the soil process is unknown. In soils is more efficient taken up by plants compared to I− (Lawson et al., 2015), and in soilless cultures the application of I− induces toxicity more easily in plants than does (Borst Pauwels, 1962; Umaly and Poel, 1971; Muramatsu et al., 1983; Zhu et al., 2003). The lower toxicity of could be explained by the iodate as an alternative substrate to other abundant enzymes, such as nitrate reductase (Barber and Notton, 1990), or by the activation of iodate reductase through inducing other responses associated with redox signaling and iodine metabolism in plants, in addition to the reduction of .
Since is more thermodynamically stable than I−, it is hypothesized that it is the most likely form to be available in agricultural soils. However, because the I−/ ratio depends on biological activity, it is not limited strictly to a thermodynamic balance (Kaplan et al., 2014), as shown in Figure 4. This fact makes it difficult to predict the pattern of iodine speciation in a particular soil.
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Figure 4. Stability diagram of the chemical species iodide and iodate concerning the potential of hydrogen (pH) and oxidoreductive potential (Eh) in volts. The graph is centered on thermodynamic considerations and displays the stability of the different iodine species in the Eh-pH plot. Under conditions of low redox potential (Eh ≤ 0.65), independently of pH, iodine is available in the form of iodide; under low pH and 0.65 < Eh < 0.85, I2 will be the predominant form. When Eh > 1.0, the oxidized forms of iodine are observed, with being the most abundant in a wide pH range. Adapted from Vinogradov and Lapp (1971).
Plants absorb iodine as I− through ionic channels and chloride transporters that are energized by proton pumps (White and Broadley, 2009); therefore, there may occur interference scenarios with other anions such as nitrate, thiocyanate, and perchlorate (Voogt and Jackson, 2010). The identity of the I− transporters is not firmly established, but their activity can presumably be shared by several families of transporters and anion channels (White and Broadley, 2009; Landini et al., 2012). Among these are the Na:K/Cl cotransporters belonging to the CCC family of genes (Colmenero-Flores et al., 2007), which directly regulate the concentration of ions in the root xylem (Shabala, 2013; Wegner, 2014; Fricke, 2015). Another group is the gene family of CLC Cl−-channels permeable to I− (Roberts, 2006; Barbier-Brygoo et al., 2011). Currently, the CLC genes have been linked to osmotic stress tolerance (Ma et al., 2016; Nguyen et al., 2016), stomatal movement, nutrient transport, and heavy metal tolerance (Zifarelli and Pusch, 2010).
Once absorbed, transported, and accumulated in different plant organs, iodine is not stable; plants volatilize iodine as methyl iodide (CH3I) using the enzymes halide ion methyltransferase (HMT) and halide/thiol methyltransferase (HTMT), with methyl transferase activity dependent on S-adenosylmethionine (SAM; Redeker et al., 2004; Itoh et al., 2009). The affinity of these methyl-halide transferase enzymes to iodine is much greater than that observed in other halogens or ions such as thiocyanate (Takekawa and Nakamura, 2012). Volatilization can be faster as iodine increases its concentration in the substrate (Itoh et al., 2009), and occurs in all organs; in rice, the iodine foliar concentration decreases exponentially with a half-life of 14 days (Nakamura et al., 1986). Therefore, the action of methyltransferases continuously reduces the iodine store present in plants (Landini et al., 2012). It has been noted that iodine is a phytotoxic element per se to the plants and that volatilization is a detoxification mechanism (Saini et al., 1995) or a by-product of the methyltransferase activity reactions that occur in plants (Redeker et al., 2004). An alternative explanation is that the iodine is toxic only depending on the environmental context: for example, under conditions of high solubilization or little fixation, as previously mentioned (Yuita, 1994); when a deficiency of some elements such as Fe or Cu (perhaps vanadium) occurs; or merely as a result of the intrinsic differences between plant species to metabolize iodine (Saini et al., 1995).
There is little information about the differences between vegetable species and the environmental factors that affect the activity of enzymes that dissipate iodine, but it is known that the activity increases with temperature and changes in different developmental phases, peaking during the reproductive stage (Muramatsu and Yoshida, 1995; Redeker et al., 2004). This activity is also positively associated with the iodine absorption rate of the nutrient solution and the irradiance; in addition, the stomata partially regulate the flow of iodine from the mesophyll into the atmosphere (Amiro and Johnston, 1989). It has been reported that in bacteria, the iodine volatilization activity increases under stress (Li et al., 2012, 2014). This metabolic activity of iodine volatilization by plants contributes to the overall activity of volatilization that occurs in soils and inland waters and is part of the global flow of iodine. In soils, both I− as are volatilized as HI, HIO3, and HIO4 (Sheppard et al., 1994). In soil-plant systems, the emission of iodine into the atmosphere occurs both by abiotic soil components and by plants and soil microorganisms (Ban-nai et al., 2006), but the total activity increases with the presence of vegetation (Muramatsu and Yoshida, 1995). The estimated amount of iodine that is volatilized for soil-plant system range from 0.28 to 0.62 kg ha−1 season−1, with an average of 0.40 kg ha−1 season−1 (Redeker et al., 2002). If we consider this value alongside the global average iodine content in soil (2.6 mg kg−1; Watts et al., 2010), and consider that topsoil represents 1.5 × 106 kg ha−1, then without exogenous iodine inputs the volatilization activity will exhaust the soil iodine reservoir in 9 years.
The success of the biofortification of crops depends on more than the iodine application technique (Sheppard et al., 1994; Fuge and Johnson, 2015). Iodine is a dynamic element that is under constant turnover by living organisms, including plants and humans (Küpper et al., 2011), as well as by the ecological systems components (Kaplan et al., 2014). The ideal effort would pay direct attention not only to plants but also to the entire system of which they are a part. Iodine is metabolized by the complete ecological system, possibly under an overall control scheme that is not yet well understood, and it is advisable to consider other biotic and abiotic factors as part of the biofortification strategy. For example, the role of the rhizosphere as a complex and dynamical environment where interacts the roots, microorganisms, and inorganic soil components have been little explored regarding the absorption of iodine (Terzano et al., 2015), but has proven to be an useful approach in the case of Fe and Si (Pii et al., 2015; Gattullo et al., 2016). In the same way, there is a notable absence of studies on the biofortification of cultivated fungi or the use of mycorrhizae or plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria to modify the absorption of iodine, although this approach has proven its value for other elements, such as Fe and Zn (He and Nara, 2007; Pellegrino and Bedini, 2014; Rana et al., 2015). Mycorrhizae further decrease the toxicity of certain elements to plants (Leung et al., 2013), an issue that has not been reported for iodine.
An additional point is that other factors, climatic, ecological, phytochemical, and cultural (e.g., food preparation and storage), may decrease the bioavailability or stability of iodine and avoid the correlation between iodine distribution and its presence in the human population (Stewart et al., 2003; Kotwal et al., 2007; Longvah et al., 2012; Zia et al., 2015).
Speciation and Complexation of Iodine in Soil
The iodine content of soil is the result of the complex dynamic balance of three processes: incorporation from the atmosphere, fixation, and volatilization, resulting in an enormous range of variation of iodine contents in the soil, from <0.1 to 150 mg (kg soil)−1 (Moreda-Piñeiro et al., 2011). The interaction of iodine with soil organic and inorganic components increases the fixation, decreases the rate of volatilization, and reduces its bioavailability. The complexation of iodine with organic matter, metal oxides and clays causes a strong fixation of iodine in soil and modifies the concentration of water-soluble iodine available to plants (Whitehead, 1974). The soluble iodine content of soils is usually <10% of the total iodine fixed in soil. The availability of soluble iodine is higher with a low oxidoreductive potential (Eh) (with I− as the dominant chemical form of iodine) and lower under oxidizing conditions (with as the most abundant form; Fuge and Johnson, 2015).
The Eh of soil changes the iodine speciation, which is expressed as the dynamic ratio []/[I−] (Figure 4). In the soil, organic matter, flooding, excessive irrigation and inorganic sources of reductor potential, such as the sulfides, Fe+2, and FeS induce low Eh, for which the expected form of iodine would be I−, generated from the reaction + 6e− + 6H+ → I− + H2O1. This reaction can be developed abiotically with and organic matter producing HIO and I2, the latter of which is reduced to I- (Steinberg et al., 2008). By contrast, under high Eh (e.g., low amount of organic matter or low water content in the soil pores), will be the most abundant form. The difference between and I− is that the former is less subjected to volatilization (Guido-Garcia et al., 2015).
It has been observed in experiments on different types of soil that tends to be more adsorbed to soil components than I−, also showing less leaching and toxicity toward crops (Hong et al., 2012; Lawson et al., 2015). In soils with >10% organic matter, it has been observed that the humic substances can fix the I− and from aerosols and rain, whereas in soil with <6% organic matter, the is adsorbed to metal oxides [Fe(OH)3, Al(OH)3, Mn4O2]. With a low pH, or with the Eh to the reducing side, these same metals act as reducers and accelerate the I− reaction with organic matter (Bowley, 2013). In acidic soils (pH < 7), the balance between chemical species of iodine leans toward I−; while under pH > 7, the predominant form is . The ITF values for cereal grains do not change in the pH interval 5.4–7.6 (Shinonaga et al., 2001), however, toward the extremes of pH (pH < 5 and pH > 8), more adsorption of I− and will occur (Yoshida et al., 1992; Dai et al., 2009), probably decreasing the bioavailability of iodine for plants.
Among the different physicochemical factors that modify the availability and immobilization of iodine in the soil, the amount of organic matter is the most widely studied (Whitehead, 1978; Sheppard and Thibault, 1992; Yu et al., 1996; Dai et al., 2006). Humified soil matter has been identified as an important reservoir that decreases the iodine dissipation rate (Shetaya et al., 2012) through the formation of covalent bonds between carbon atoms and iodine (Stavber et al., 2008). This reaction mechanism of iodine with organic matter is an electrophilic substitution of H by iodine in a phenolic ring (Reiller et al., 2006). Soil microbes can accelerate this process through the action of laccase enzymes that oxidizes I− to I2 and HOI (Shimamoto et al., 2011; Seki et al., 2013), which in a subsequent step are incorporated into organic matter.
The association of iodine and organic matter is not permanent; it is known that iodine in soil is subjected to absorption and desorption processes. Under reducing conditions, such as those in rice paddy fields, soil suffers high iodine desorption promoted by low Eh (−0.1 V), the addition of straw or glucose, root exudates, and microbial metabolism. The desorbed iodine is volatilized by organic matter (especially with a low level of humification), either directly by abiotic halogenation or by the intervention of haloperoxidases of microorganisms (Wever, 2012; Leri and Ravel, 2015). The initial reaction with organic matter is faster for I− and slower for , but after a time of ~60 days or more, both forms participate in a process of transformation in volatile organoiodine compounds, occurring in the presence of organic matter in the soil, with or without the participation of microorganisms (Yamaguchi et al., 2010). Volatilization is dependent on both Eh and pH, with the lowest levels of volatilization in oxic alkaline soils, where the most abundant form of iodine is the non-volatile ; in contrast, in waterlogged and organic soils occur higher rates of volatilization resulting from the predominance of I− that is oxidized to I2 and CH3I. It has been suggested that in inland areas, the contribution of atmospheric iodine depends significantly on the volatilization of the iodine in the soil (Fuge and Johnson, 2015).
Impact on Productivity and Yield
The use of iodine in the nutrient solution in concentrations from 10−6 M (equivalent to 0.13 mg L−1) in soilless culture typically produces an increase in biomass in leafy vegetables, such as Chinese cabbage, spinach, and lettuce (Borst Pauwels, 1961; Whitehead, 1973; Weng et al., 2003, 2008c; Zhu et al., 2003; Dai et al., 2004b; Blasco et al., 2013). The iodine concentration can be increased to 10−5 M (equivalent to 1.3 mg L−1), to produce biofortified leafy vegetables using I−, , or iodoacetic acid (CH2ICOOH−; Weng et al., 2008c). While Lehr et al. (1958) obtained higher yields of tomato when applying 2 mg L−1 KI, Hageman et al. (1942) could not observe any effect on the biomass of tomato when applying 3.2 × 10−5 M KI (equivalent to 4 mg L−1). Meanwhile, in tomato, Kiferle et al. (2013) used high concentrations of 1 to 5 × 10−3 M of KI and 0.5 to 2 × 10−3 M KIO3 in the nutrient solution once a week (eight times, starting with the fruit set of the first cluster), obtaining remarkable results, with an accumulation of iodine in the fruit of up to 10 mg of iodine per kg of fresh weight of fruit with little phytotoxicity. In strawberry plants, iodine increases plant biomass and fruit quality (Li et al., 2016). On the other hand, a decrease in biomass has been reported in tomato and potato (Caffagni et al., 2011), as well as in carrot (Smoleń et al., 2014b) and in Opuntia (García-Osuna et al., 2014), although in other plants where the vegetative reserve organs are also harvested, such as onion, iodine seems to have no effect on the weight of the plant (Dai et al., 2004b). Moreover, in rice, decreases in weight (Mackowiak and Grossl, 1999) and plant height (Singh et al., 2012) occur when applying potassium iodide. This negative effect does not seem to be general for grasses, considering that null or positive effects on biomass have been reported in wheat and corn (Borst Pauwels, 1961; Mao et al., 2014). Furthermore, when iodine is applied to the soil where plants are growing, the results are either mixed, showing positive, null, and negative effects (Dai et al., 2004b), or, as in tomato, are less efficient in terms of iodine bioaccumulation in the fruits compared to the soilless system (Caffagni et al., 2012).
It has also been observed that the effect of the application of iodine on biomass was directly dependent on the amount applied. Globally, the average concentration of iodine in the soil is 2.6 mg kg−1 (Watts et al., 2010). Contributions of up to 10 mg (kg soil)−1 promote plant growth, whereas values greater than 50 mg (kg soil)−1, which are used to increase the iodine concentration significantly in plant tissues, produce varying results depending on the plant species (Cui et al., 2003; Lawson, 2014). In some species, such as Chinese cabbage, the application of more than 25 mg (kg soil)−1 decreases the plant biomass (Hong et al., 2008). On the other hand, iodine concentrations higher than 100 μM in the nutrient solution revealed an adverse effects on rice biomass (Mackowiak and Grossl, 1999; Singh et al., 2012), and in lettuce the same negative effect was observed by adding 40 μM of iodine (Blasco et al., 2008; Table 2). In strawberry plants, iodine in nutrient solution at concentrations of up to 1.97 × 10−6 M (0.25 mg L−1) of I− and 2.86 × 10−6 M (0.50 mg L−1) of increased the plant biomass and iodine concentration in fruits (Li et al., 2016). Thresholds for beneficial concentrations and toxicity of iodine are different between species, as a result of the inherent variability found among species and of the specific interaction of each plant species with edaphic, climatic, and biotic variables (Hageman et al., 1942; Mackowiak et al., 2005; Caffagni et al., 2012).
The results in the literature indicate that neither the chemical species applied nor the form of iodine application (i.e., fertigation, foliar spray, nutrient solution) has a consistent effect between different crops (Tables 3, 4). It has been reported that the application of iodine as is favorable to that of I−, especially for the synthesis of antioxidant compounds (Leyva et al., 2011; Blasco et al., 2013), although in some species such as strawberry, clover, and perennial ryegrass, I− is more efficient than (Whitehead, 1973; Li et al., 2016). In lettuce, KIO3 applied to the soil at up to 7.5 kg ha−1 IO3 is more effective than KI, as it gave a better result in terms of biofortification (50–100 μg I per 100 g FW) and does not affect biomass negatively. In contrast, by leaf spraying the best result was obtained when applying KI at 0.5 kg ha−1 iodide (Lawson et al., 2015). The above indicates that each species will respond in a different way and under the context of the culture system. The difference between and I− becomes more complicated in the case of cultivation in soil due to the different stability, residuality, and form of interaction of each chemical species with biotic and abiotic soil components (Dai et al., 2004a, 2009). A possible alternative for the biofortification of crops grown in soil is the use of marine algae applied to soil (Fuge and Johnson, 2015), or mixtures of marine algae and diatomite, with the algae being the source of iodine and diatomite an adsorbent that provides a constant supply of the element. The mixture achieves a good result in terms of the biofortification of different crop species (Weng et al., 2013, 2014). A second alternative would be the application of iodine in plantlets, using enriched peat, perhaps iodine complexed with biopolymers or porous materials, or leaf spray. This biofortification technique in the pre-transplanting stage has worked well in case of cucumber biofortified with selenium (Businelli et al., 2015).
Considering the form of iodine application (Table 4), biofortification has been successful with the application of 5% KIO3 solution, dripped into irrigation canals (Cao et al., 1994; Ren et al., 2008). Other authors suggest the use of fertigation as a means of iodine application because their results show that adding iodine to the soil increases its absorption by plants (Ujowundu et al., 2010; Kiferle et al., 2013) especially if it is applied together with humic substances or organic acids (Smoleń et al., 2015a,c). The application of iodine through fertigation has shown other positive effects, such as increased biomass in leafy vegetables (Dai et al., 2004b). Foliar spray is another effective method of biofortification of plants with iodine; in lettuce (Smoleń et al., 2014a) and alfalfa (Altınok et al., 2003) this method was more efficient than the application of iodine in the nutrient solution (Figure 5).
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Figure 5. Graphic summary on the results of different methods of application of iodine. On the left side, the methods recommended based on the information presented in the review (indicated with red directional arrows): it includes organic sources of iodine applied to the soil and foliar spray with inorganic iodine, and the use of iodine fixed in polymers as a potentially useful method. On the right side, the most widely used application methods with the addition of KI and KIO3 to soil or nutrient solution. In this case, the concentration used determines the outcome. The blue arrows indicate a low concentration of iodine with adequate results on biofortification and plant growth. The orange arrows indicate a high concentration of iodine that may lead to biofortification but accompanied by plant toxicity.
Antioxidant Content
Iodine applications have shown mixed effects on the antioxidant potential in several crop species, depending on the sources of iodine, concentration, and type of application. In a study of soybean grown in containers with soil and compost, it was found that the KIO3 at concentrations of 20, 40, and 80 μM increased the enzyme activities of SOD and APX (Gupta et al., 2015). In tomato, it was reported that applying at 7.88 μM increased the content of ascorbic acid and total phenolic compounds (Smoleń et al., 2015c). Similarly, an increase was reported in the content of ascorbic acid in Opuntia ficus-indica, grown in soil under low tunnels by applying 10−4 M KIO3 and KI by fertigation (García-Osuna et al., 2014). In Ipomoea aquatica, I− induced a higher amount of ascorbic acid, while and iodoacetic acid (CH2ICOO−) had the opposite effect (Weng et al., 2008c). Whereas, in tomato grown in sand, I− at a concentration of 4 mg L−1 (3.2 × 10−5 M) decreased the concentration of ascorbic acid in the foliage of plants (Hageman et al., 1942).
Blasco and collaborators have extensively studied the impact of iodine on antioxidant metabolism in lettuce grown in hydroponics. In their first study, it was found that the application of KI increases the accumulation of phenols and ascorbic acid, as well as the antioxidant potential (Blasco et al., 2008). Subsequently they reported that the application of KI (20, 40, and 80 μM) and KIO3 (20 μM) increased the concentration of ascorbic acid and the enzymatic activity of catalase (CAT) but decreased the GSH concentration and activity of SOD. The APX activity was increased more effectively by KIO3 than by KI (Blasco et al., 2011). The positive effect occurred even when applying low concentration (<40 μM) of KIO3, increasing the activity of enzymatic antioxidants, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX), as well as that of non-enzymatic antioxidants such as glutathione (GSH) and ascorbic acid (AA) (Leyva et al., 2011). In a more recent study, they found an increase in the antioxidant response and a greater accumulation of total phenolic compounds using KIO3 at concentrations of 20 and 40 μM (Blasco et al., 2013).
As shown in Table 3, most of the cited studies used as a source of iodine KI or KIO3. There are more reports of negative effects when applying KI, while there are more reports of positive effects when applying KIO3, especially in the generation of antioxidant compounds. The difference in effects between the chemical forms of iodine is possible related to the function of as growth promoter by inducing reductase activity in the root (Kato et al., 2013), while the iodide reduction ability perhaps modifies the redox balance and cell-associated methyltransferase metabolism, making more likely metabolic adjustments that slow the growth and yield. Unfortunately, there is not much research on the effect of iodine on the metabolic processes of plants. In lettuce, the application of iodide and iodate (20, 40, and 80 μM) altered N metabolism and photorespiration. Positive effects were observed on biomass and N uptake with the use of iodate, whereas iodide decreased plant biomass and N concentration (Blasco et al., 2010). In marine plants, iodide does not cause these effects because it is rapidly oxidized by the V-IPO enzyme (Küpper et al., 1998), which has not been found active in land plants (Pilbeam and Drihem, 2007).
On the other hand, the possibility that many of the effects that have been observed when applying iodine modify the behavior and profile of the plant microbiome should not be ignored. Bacteria and fungi dissipate halogens with a metabolic system that includes a V-IPO enzyme (Wever, 2012; Fournier et al., 2014). It is possible that the response of the plant microbiome and, indirectly, the responses of plants to iodine application depend on the characteristics of the soil and irrigation water, including the concentrations of vanadium, sulfur, and organic matter. The importance of the microbiome as a possible determinant of plant responses to iodine has been poorly explored, but its significance has become evident regarding the adaptability and susceptibility of plants to stress (Porras-Alfaro and Bayman, 2011; Berg et al., 2014).
Stress Tolerance
Most of the factors that induce stress increase the concentration of reactive oxygen species (ROS) at the cellular level. Consequently, the induction of antioxidants is considered an important facet of the adaptive responses leading to stress tolerance in plants (Gill and Tuteja, 2010). It has been proposed that iodine was one of the first (inorganic) antioxidants, that allowed the organisms to resist oxidative stress once the atmospheric O2 concentration began to increase after the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis (Crockford, 2009; Küpper et al., 2011; Venturi, 2011). This function of iodine was proven in marine algae, where the element inactivates superoxide (), hydroxyl (OH.), singlet oxygen (1O2), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) (Küpper et al., 2008). In some studies, it was found that iodine increased the amount of antioxidants and allowed greater resistance to certain types of abiotic stress, such as salinity and heavy metals (Leyva et al., 2011; Gupta et al., 2015). The treatment of soybean and sunflower seeds with a dry dressing of iodine and calcium carbonate reduced physiological deterioration under high temperature and humidity. Treated seeds exhibited lower levels of membrane damage, reflected in better germination and seedling growth [Dey(née Pathak) and Mukherjee, 1984]. The short-term pre-treatment of oilseed rape seeds with iodine considerably improved the survival of individuals in deterioration tests (Powell et al., 2005). Seed deterioration is primarily associated with oxidative stress (Sun and Leopold, 1995); therefore the above studies demonstrate the induction of tolerance by iodine, functioning perhaps as an antioxidant. Analogous results were obtained by pretreating peanut seeds with zinc, leading to the improvement in the response to the pathogen Aspergillus niger (Jajda and Thakkar, 2012).
More research is needed on the potential of iodine to induce tolerance to stress. The adoption of the use of iodine by the commercial agricultural sector will be fastest if the application of the element is presented to producers and companies as an alternative to mitigate damage from biotic and abiotic stresses and to promote plant growth. The advantage of this approach is that it is more attractive from an economic standpoint, reaching in parallel the goal of crop biofortification. To our knowledge, there are no published studies on the impact of iodine on plant pathogens, although it was reported that iodine is effective (0.7 mg L−1) in killing fungi in recirculating water in soilless cultures (Runia, 1995). The problem with the direct use of iodine as a microbicide is that it rapidly induces resistance and forces the use of higher concentrations than are suitable for plants and beneficial microorganisms (Mackowiak et al., 2005). Instead we considered the possibility that iodine is an inductor of tolerance to certain pathogens by activating or by modifying the plant's defense systems through redox signals or through chemical changes in the cuticle (Shaw et al., 2007), which is essential for the induction of systemic acquired resistance (SAR; Xia et al., 2009). The same modifications on cuticular waxes induced by iodine may change the pattern of interactions of plants with pathogens, such as germination and the formation of appressoria (Gniwotta et al., 2005; Silva-Moreno et al., 2016). If it is shown that iodine has this function, the element could be applied as a tool to control crop pathogens.
Interactions with Other Elements
The conversion of iodine in its different chemical species, the mobilization and metabolism, depends on the factors that modify Eh and pH. Iodine per se has a significant impact on the redox state of the system that absorbs the element (Venturi, 2011); therefore, it interacts with other chemical components of the system, such as organic compounds and metal ions (Fe, Cu, Mn, V), modifying the oxidation state and bioavailability (Hageman et al., 1942). These components in turn give rise to changes in the chemical form, bioavailability and rate of volatilization of iodine in the biomass, water, and soil (Whitehead, 1984), as well as possible changes in the bioavailability of other elements (Terzano et al., 2015).
An iodine biofortification program must occur ideally in absence of restrictions on other mineral elements (White and Broadley, 2009). The interactions between mineral elements can be either synergistic or antagonistic. Synergisms refer to the increased absorption, transport, uptake or metabolism of an element in the presence of iodine. Antagonisms occur when any of the listed activities is diminished in the presence of iodine. In lettuce, it was found that the soil application of KI (0.5–2.0 kg ha−1) and leaf spraying with KIO3 (0.02–2 kg ha−1) do not substantially change the mineral composition of lettuce. From a statistical point of view, there occurred significant changes in plants in both macronutrients N, P, K, Mg, Ca, S, and Na, and microelements B, Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn, and Mo, including Al, Cd, and Pb, but the changes were not significant from a functional point of view (Smoleń et al., 2011). It has been verified in hydroponics that the combined application of KIO3 and in lettuce plants does not affect the biomass or mineral composition, showing a synergistic effect resulting in the increased absorption of both elements in the leaves (Smoleń et al., 2014a). The above does not seem to cause any significant antagonism between iodine and other elements, at least for lettuce. However, in a more recent study of the same crop (Smoleń et al., 2015b), a negative correlation was found between the contents of iodine and of K, Mg, Ca, S, Na, B, Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cd, and Pb. Moreover, an increase in P, K, Mg, and Fe was reported when applying KIO3, along with an increase in Cu and Mn when using KI in Opuntia ficus-indica (García-Osuna et al., 2014). Unfortunately for other species there is little information about the impact of iodine on other mineral elements (Smoleń et al., 2014a).
In biofortification experiments with tomato, where iodine was applied in a range of 10−6–10−5 M, a positive correlation was found between iodine concentration and Cu and Mn in leaves (Hageman et al., 1942). In lettuce, applying KI to the soil and KIO3 by leaf spray produced the same effect on Mn but not on Cu (Smoleń et al., 2011).
Bacteria living in iodine-rich groundwater have proteins called IoxA, which are capable of oxidizing I− to I2. These proteins have been characterized as multicopper oxidases, i.e., oxidases with several Cu cofactors (Suzuki et al., 2012; Shiroyama et al., 2015). Another possible explanation regarding the relationship between copper and iodine has to do with the ability of copper oxidases to oxidize I− to I2 or HOI (Xu, 1996). It is possible that a greater amount of iodine present in plant tissues induces increased activity in the systems that dissipate the element, such as copper oxidases and possibly other oxidases with Fe and Mn (Klebanoff, 1982; Schlorke et al., 2016). This increased activity could induce changes in the concentration of Cu, Fe, and Mn in tissues that actively dissipate iodine.
Hageman et al. (1942) proposed that changes in the mineral composition of plants that occur when applying iodine relate to a redox phenomenon, explaining that the oxidation of I− to I2 provides a reducing potential of −0.535 V. Iodate may cause a similar effect by the induction of reductase activity in the root (Kato et al., 2013). This redox effect of iodine will have a more or less impact on the bioavailability of other elements depending on the complexity and number of components in the interaction. There are fewer of these components in soilless production systems but much more in a soil system with interacting biological, organic and inorganic components in both the exchange matrix and soil solution (Jones, 1998). It is possible that these differences in the complexity of interactions between the components of each production system (soil and soilless) could help to explain the diversity of results obtained with iodine application in crops. The study of ionome in plants might be used to deal with this complexity, as a tool for explain and predict the nutritional profile, considering both essential as non-essential elements. This approach has been successful in the case of iron (Pii et al., 2015; Gattullo et al., 2016), but so far has not been used with iodine.
Conclusions
The dynamic behavior of iodine is modified by multiple environmental factors that change its flow rate and mobilization among different compartments of the ecosystems. It is necessary to consider more closely the microbial contribution to these flows and to the functions of iodine in ecological systems, in addition to their mere presence or potential role in crop plants.
The variability of the effects of iodine, when applied to crops, can be partially explained when considering the possible impact on N metabolism, photorespiration, and one-carbon metabolism. Additionally, it is necessary to consider interactions with other elements, such as Fe, Mn, Cu, and V, either directly in the plant metabolism or indirectly through the microbiome of the plant.
In general, the effect of iodine is positive on the growth of plants. Good results are obtained regarding biofortification when applied to the soil as KIO3 in concentrations of 7.5 kg ha−1, 10 mg (kg soil)−1 in pots, or 10−6–10−5 M in the nutrient solution. Leaf spray with KI at 0.5 kg ha−1 gave good results. With higher concentrations, the response is variable: negative, neutral, or positive, depending on the plant species.
Positive results have been obtained when applying 10−3 M iodine in the nutrient solution but only when doing so on a weekly basis. The use of seaweed applied to the soil also increased the availability of iodine. More research is needed on the use of biopolymers to form complex with iodine to enhance bioavailability and decrease volatilization in soil and pots and on the potential of iodine to induce a higher stress tolerance.
Author Contributions
All authors were responsible for processing information and manuscript writing. AB was responsible for manuscript drafting. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflict of Interest Statement
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Footnotes
1. ^The reverse reaction is less favorable and less likely in soils.
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Keywords: iodide, iodate, antioxidants, oxidative stress, ROS, nutritional quality
Citation: Medrano-Macías J, Leija-Martínez P, González-Morales S, Juárez-Maldonado A and Benavides-Mendoza A (2016) Use of Iodine to Biofortify and Promote Growth and Stress Tolerance in Crops. Front. Plant Sci. 7:1146. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01146
Received: 28 April 2016; Accepted: 18 July 2016;
Published: 23 August 2016.
Edited by:
Libia Iris Trejo-Téllez, Colegio de Postgraduados, MexicoReviewed by:
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