Selenium accumulation by plants

Annals of Botany

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 217-235

  White, Philip J ^a,b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Astragalus; ecology; evolution; genetic variation; hyperaccumulation; metabolism; quantitative trait locus (QTL); selenium; Stanleya; sulphur

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHROMOSOME; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HERB; HYPERACCUMULATION; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LEGUME; METABOLISM; PROTEIN; RHIZOSPHERE; SELENIUM; SULFUR; TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ASTRAGALUS (ANGIOSPERM); MAGNOLIOPHYTA; STANLEYA (ANGIOSPERM);

SELENIUM; SOIL;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RHIZOSPHERE; SELENIUM; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84962253879     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv180     Document Type: Review

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