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Giant reed for selenium phytoremediation under changing climate

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At very low concentrations selenium is an essential micronutrient for humans, animals and some lower plants including algae and bacteria, whereas Se is extremely toxic at higher doses. Living organisms can be exposed to high selenium concentrations from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Climate is a major factor governing the biogeochemistry of Se. Climate change can indeed modify Se uptake by plants and the rhizosphere and the volatilization of Se by plants. High precipitation rates and low temperatures can reduce Se accumulation by plants. Se-hyperaccumulator plants such as giant reed thus appear as a means to regulate Se flow in ecosystems. Se-hyperaccumulator plants can indeed be used to clean Se-contaminated agricultural soils and wastewaters and as a source of dietary Se. Those plants are also converting mineral soil Se into volatile organic Se that is released in the atmosphere.

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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.

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

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

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

    Neama Abdalla

  3. Agricultural Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafr El Sheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

    El-Sayed B. Belal

  4. Vegetable Crops Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

    Said A. Shehata

  5. Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Shoubra Elkheima, Cairo, Egypt

    Mohamed I. Ragab

  6. Agricultural Research Centre, Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute (SWERI), Giza, Egypt

    Neama Abdalla, Tarek Alshaal, Megahed M. Amer & Samia M. El-Marsafawy

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

    Hassan R. El-Ramady, Miklós Fári & Éva Domokos-Szabolcsy

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

    Hassan R. El-Ramady, Attila Sztrik & József Prokisch

  9. Applied Plant Science Department, Institute for Plant Biology, TU Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany

    Dirk Selmar

  10. Institute of Crop and Soil Science (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Bundesallee 50, 38116, Brunswick, Germany

    Ewald Schnug

  11. Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1878, USA

    Elizabeth A. H. Pilon-Smits

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El-Ramady, H.R., Abdalla, N., Alshaal, T. et al. Giant reed for selenium phytoremediation under changing climate. Environ Chem Lett 13, 359–380 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-015-0523-5

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