title: Uptake and translocation of selenium by maize (Zea mays) from its environmentaly important forms.
abstract: Pot culture studies were conducted to examine the effect of selenite (SeO3(2-)) and selenate (SeO4(2-)) on the uptake and translocation of root absorbed selenium in maize Zea mays plants grown in sand and soil culture. Increasing selenium supplementation (0.5-6.00 microg/ml), increased the selenium retention in roots, but there was little transfer of selenium from shoot to grains. The study indicates that selenite species (less mobile) also accumulates in maize plants when supplied in solution form. Selenium does not cause any adverse effect on the maize plants (dry matter yield vs concentration, no significant correlation, p>0.05).
authors.affiliation: Central Research Institute (Ay), Lucknow, UP, India. kspklko@yahoo.com
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shanker
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Srivastava
mesh_terms: D001682:Biological Availability; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000502:physiology; D064586:Selenic Acid; D012643:Selenium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D018036:Selenium Compounds / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D018038:Sodium Selenite / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012987:Soil; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D003313:Zea mays / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018036:Selenium Compounds; D012987:Soil; D012643:Selenium; D018038:Sodium Selenite; D064586:Selenic Acid