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Selenium and nano-selenium in plant nutrition

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Selenium (Se) is a naturally occurring metalloid element which occurs nearly in all environments. Se is considered as a finite and non-renewable resource on the Earth. The common sources of Se in earth’s crust occur in association with sulfide minerals such as metal selenide, whereas it is rarely found in elemental form (Se0). While there is no evidence of Se need for higher plants, several reports show that when Se added at low concentrations, Se exerts beneficial effects on plant growth. Se may act as quasi-essential micronutrient through altering different physiological and biochemical traits. Thus, plants vary considerably in their physiological and biochemical response to Se. This review focusses on the physiological importance of Se forms as well as different Se fertilizers for higher plants, especially plant growth, uptake, transport, and metabolism.

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Authors 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 El-Ramady, Tarek Alshaal, Ahmed El-Henawy, Salah E.-D. A. Faizy, Mohamed S. Shams & Sarwat M. Youssef

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

    Neama Abdalla & Hussein S. Taha

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

    Tarek Shalaby & Yousry Bayoumi

  4. Biological and Environmental Science Department, Faculty of Home Economics, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

    Nevien Elhawat

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

    Said Shehata

  6. Institute of Bio- and Environmental Energetics, Debrecen University, Böszörményi Útca. 138, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary

    Attila Sztrik & József Prokisch

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

    Miklós Fári & Éva Domokos-Szabolcsy

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

    Elizabeth A. Pilon-Smits

  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

    Silvia Haneklaus & Ewald Schnug

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El-Ramady, H., Abdalla, N., Taha, H.S. et al. Selenium and nano-selenium in plant nutrition. Environ Chem Lett 14, 123–147 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-015-0535-1

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