Selenium antagonises the toxic effects of arsenic on mungbean (Phaseolus aureus Roxb.) plants by restricting its uptake and enhancing the antioxidative and detoxification mechanisms

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 242-248

  Malik, Jahid A ^a   Goel, Shilpa ^a   Kaur, Navneet ^a   Sharma, Shuchi ^a   Singh, Inderjit ^b   Nayyar, Harsh ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Antioxidants; Arsenic; Detoxification; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFENSE MECHANISM; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; HYDROPONICS; INHIBITION; INJURY; LEGUME; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT DEFENSE; SELENIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 84455200422     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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