Selenium accumulation in the floral tissues of two Brassicaceae species and its impact on floral traits and plant performance

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-97

  Hladun, Kristen R ^a   Parker, David R ^a   Trumble, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica juncea; Floral traits; Hyperaccumulator; Pollinators; Selenium; Stanleya pinnata

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLORAL TRAIT; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NECTAR; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RUNOFF; SAND; SELENATE; SELENIUM; SHALE; SOIL REMEDIATION; SOLUBILIZATION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

UNITED STATES;

BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICACEAE; STANLEYA PINNATA;

EID: 80054030636     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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