Selenium in higher plants

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2000, Pages 401-432

  Terry, N ^a   Zayed, A M ^a   De Souza, M P ^a   Tarun, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Essentiality; Phytoremediation; Tolerance; Toxicity; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034485249     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.51.1.401     Document Type: Article

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