Foraging for selenium: a comparison between hyperaccumulator and non-accumulator plant species

Abstract Selenium (Se) hyperaccumulators are a unique group of plants that can accumulate this element in their aerial parts at concentrations exceeding 100 mg kgDW−1. These plants actively search for Se in the soil, a phenomenon known as root foraging, reported to date only by few studies. In this...

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Main Authors: Sofia Montanari, Mirko Salinitro, Andrea Simoni, Claudio Ciavatta, Annalisa Tassoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37249-z