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Selenium Supplementation in Horticultural Crops

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Authors:
  1. Alžbeta Hegedűsová

    1. Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Department of Vegetable Production, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia

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  2. Ondrej Hegedűs

    1. Faculty of Education, Department of Chemistry, J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

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  3. Silvia Jakabová

    1. Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, BioFood Centre, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia

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  4. Alena Andrejiová

    1. Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Department of Vegetable Production, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia

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  5. Miroslav Šlosár

    1. Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Department of Vegetable Production, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia

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  6. Ivana Mezeyová

    1. Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Department of Vegetable Production, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia

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  7. Marcel Golian

    1. Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Department of Vegetable Production, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia

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  • Identifies the intricate connection between Selenium content in soil and the food chain
  • Presents practical solutions to augment Selenium content in soil
  • Offers clear examples of biofortification for common vegetable crops

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Alžbeta Hegedűsová, Ondrej Hegedűs, Silvia Jakabová, Alena Andrejiová, Miroslav Šlosár, Ivana Mezeyová et al.
    Pages 1-2

  3. The Role of Selenium in Human Nutrition

    • Alžbeta Hegedűsová, Ondrej Hegedűs, Silvia Jakabová, Alena Andrejiová, Miroslav Šlosár, Ivana Mezeyová et al.
    Pages 3-45

  4. Methods for the Determination of Selenium in Foodstuffs

    • Alžbeta Hegedűsová, Ondrej Hegedűs, Silvia Jakabová, Alena Andrejiová, Miroslav Šlosár, Ivana Mezeyová et al.
    Pages 47-51

  5. Selenium Uptake by Selected Vegetable Species After Fortification of the Growing Substrate

    • Alžbeta Hegedűsová, Ondrej Hegedűs, Silvia Jakabová, Alena Andrejiová, Miroslav Šlosár, Ivana Mezeyová et al.
    Pages 53-62

  6. Selenium Intake by Selected Vegetable Species After Foliar Application

    • Alžbeta Hegedűsová, Ondrej Hegedűs, Silvia Jakabová, Alena Andrejiová, Miroslav Šlosár, Ivana Mezeyová et al.
    Pages 63-124

  7. Changes in Selenium Content in Edibles During Processing

    • Alžbeta Hegedűsová, Ondrej Hegedűs, Silvia Jakabová, Alena Andrejiová, Miroslav Šlosár, Ivana Mezeyová et al.
    Pages 125-127

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 129-155
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About this book

Selenium plays a significant role in preventing certain types of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The level of Selenium in the human body depends on its concentration in food. In turn, the content in vegetable crops is a function of the soil-plant system. There are many countries in the world with low Selenium content in the soil. The average daily human intake is thus limited through food chain.  Analysis of Selenium status suggests that fortification of the soil substrate with Sodium Selenate, and foliar application to agricultural crops are both effective means of Selenium enrichment. Our intention for this publication is to present the possibilities of augmenting Selenium content by biofortification of soils and plants through differentiated nutrition. In the first part of the monograph, the results of Selenium supplementation in model vegetation experiments are presented. The next part of the monograph presents the results of foliar supplementationof Selenium in field conditions. This book is an outstanding reference source for plant breeders and researchers engaged in biofortification of horticulture crops. It is also beneficial to agricultural companies and other stakeholders.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Department of Vegetable Production, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia

    Alžbeta Hegedűsová, Alena Andrejiová, Miroslav Šlosár, Ivana Mezeyová, Marcel Golian

  • Faculty of Education, Department of Chemistry, J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

    Ondrej Hegedűs

  • Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, BioFood Centre, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia

    Silvia Jakabová

About the authors

Prof. RNDr. Alžbeta Hegedűsová, PhD. is a full professor at the Department of Vegetable Production at the Slovak University of Agriculture. In her professional career, as she worked at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (Department of Chemistry) and at the Slovak University of Agriculture, she has been project leader and co-worker in 40 research and educational projects. Her research activities have been focused on the research of toxic effects of inorganic contaminants in the soil-plant system to verify the possibilities of their intake elimination by horticultural crops with the use of phytoremediation techniques. Another field of research interest has been devoted to the solution of insufficiency of bioactive substances via differentiation of mineral nutrition (especially Selenium) in the horticultural crops leading to increase the level of the substances in the agricultural products. The topic has been elaborated in original research studies published in  35 papers foreign and Slovak journals within the Web of Science and Scopus databases, 60 papers in the foreign and Slovak journals, 110 proceedings in the foreign and Slovak proceeding books and conferences. She is a co-author of 3 university textbooks, 5 monographs and 7 students textbooks. She has been a supervisor of 8 doctoral theses.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Selenium Supplementation in Horticultural Crops

  • Authors: Alžbeta Hegedűsová, Ondrej Hegedűs, Silvia Jakabová, Alena Andrejiová, Miroslav Šlosár, Ivana Mezeyová, Marcel Golian

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70486-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70485-8Published: 24 April 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70488-9Published: 24 April 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-70486-5Published: 23 April 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 155

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Plant Pathology, Plant Sciences, Biotechnology, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology

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