Interactions of selenium hyperaccumulators and nonaccumulators during cocultivation on seleniferous or nonseleniferous soil - the importance of having good neighbors

New Phytologist

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 264-277

  El Mehdawi, Ali F ^a   Cappa, Jennifer J ^a   Fakra, Sirine C ^b   Self, James ^a   Pilon Smits, Elizabeth A H ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astragalus; Hyperaccumulation; Phytoenrichment; Plant plant interactions; Selenium; Stanleya

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVATION; DICOTYLEDON; EXUDATION; FACILITATION; GROWTH RATE; HYPERACCUMULATION; SELENATE; SELENIUM; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BIOMASS; BRASSICACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; UNITED STATES; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BIOMASS; BRASSICACEAE; COLORADO; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SELENIUM; SOIL; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ASTRAGALUS BISULCATUS; ASTRAGALUS DRUMMONDII; STANLEYA ELATA; STANLEYA PINNATA;

EID: 84857448842     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.04043.x     Document Type: Article

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