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Selenium and its Role in Higher Plants

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Pollutants in Buildings, Water and Living Organisms

Part of the book series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World ((ECSW,volume 7))

Abstract

Selenium (Se) is a naturally occurring metalloid element which occurs nearly in all environments in the universe. The common sources of Se in earth crust occurs in association with sulfide minerals as metal selenide whereas, it is rarely seen in elemental form (Se0). Furthermore, Se is considered a finite and non-renewable resource on earth, and has been found to be an essential element for humans, animals, micro-organisms and some other eukaryotes; but as yet its essentiality to plants is in dispute. Thus, plants vary considerably in their physiological and biochemical response to Se. Therefore, this review focuses on of the physiological importance of Se for higher plants, especially plant growth, uptake, transport, metabolism and interaction of selenium with other minerals. Biogeochemistry of Se, its relationship with S, application of Se-containing fertilizers, Se in edible plants and finally, red elemental Se nanoparticles in higher plants will be highlighted.

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Abbreviations

APS:

Adenosine 5′-phosphosulphate

APSe:

Adenosine 5′-phosphoselenate

Cys:

Cysteine

Cysth:

Cystathione

DMS:

Dimethylsulphide

DMSP:

Dimethylproprionate

DMSe:

Dimethylselenide

DMDSe:

Dimethyldiselenide

DMSeP:

Dimethylselenioproprionate

GPX:

Glutathione peroxidase

GSH:

Glutathione

GSSeSG:

Selenodiglutathione

HAST:

High affinity sulphate transporter

LAST:

Low affinity sulphate transporter

MeCys:

S-methylcysteine

MeSeCys:

S-methylselenocysteine

MeSeCysSeO:

Methylselenocysteine seleno-oxide

Met:

Methionine

S:

Sulphur

Se:

Selenium

SeCys:

Selenocysteine

Secysth:

Selenocystathione

SeGSH:

Selenoglutathione

Sehocys:

Selenohomocysteine

SEM:

SeCys + MeSeCys

SeMeSeCys:

Selenomethylselenocysteine

SeMet:

Selenomethionine

SeMMet:

Selenomethylmethionine

SeCys:

Selenocysteine

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The writing of this manuscript was supported by the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture (Hungarian Scholarship Board, HSB and the Balassi Institute). Authors also thank the outstanding contribution of STDF research teams (Science and Technology Development Fund, Egypt) and MBMF/DLR (the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of the Federal Republic of Germany), (Project ID 5310) for their help. Great support from this German-Egyptian Research Fund (GERF) is gratefully acknowledged. The authors also acknowledge Prof. Eric Lichtfouse for his support and revising this work.

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  1. Soil and Water Sciences Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

    Hassan El-Ramady, Tarek Alshaal, Ahmed El-Henawy, Salah E.-D. A. Faizy & Mohamed S. Shams

  2. Vegetable Crops Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, El-Gammaa Str., 12613, Giza, Egypt

    Hassan El-Ramady & Said Shehata

  3. Institute of Bio- and Environmental Enegetics, Debrecen University, Böszörményi Útca. 138, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary

    Hassan El-Ramady, Neama Abdalla, Tarek Alshaal, Nevien Elhawat, Attila Sztrik & József Prokisch

  4. Plant Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering Division, National Research Center, 33-El-Behouth St., 12622, Dokki Cairo, Egypt

    Neama Abdalla

  5. Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

    Tarek Shalaby & Yousry Bayoumi

  6. Biological and Environmental Sciences Department, Home Economics Faculty, Al-Azhar University, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

    Nevien Elhawat

  7. Plant Biotechnology Department, Debrecen University, Böszörményi Útca. 138, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary

    Miklós Fári & Éva Domokos-Szabolcsy

  8. Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523–1878, USA

    Elizabeth A. Pilon-Smits

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El-Ramady, H. et al. (2015). Selenium and its Role in Higher Plants. In: Lichtfouse, E., Schwarzbauer, J., Robert, D. (eds) Pollutants in Buildings, Water and Living Organisms. Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19276-5_6

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