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Abstract

In field experiments, tartary buckwheat and hybrid buckwheat were foliarly sprayed with an aqueous solution of sodium selenate (20 mg Se L–1). In treated plants, the selenium content was significantly higher than in controls, irrespective of the plant part and taxon of buckwheat. The highest average Se concentrations in hybrid and tartary buckwheat were found in seeds. The main Se species found in seeds was Se methionine. Selenium-sprayed plants had higher photochemical efficiency of photosystem II in both taxa and higher electron transport system activity in hybrid buckwheat, suggesting a positive effect of Se on physiological characteristics. Because of the concentration of Se in both buckwheat taxa and selenomethionine as the dominant species of Se, Se-enriched buckwheat is a potential source of dietary Se for animals and humans.

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hybrid buckwheat selenite SeMet speciation tartary buckwheat

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Author Biographies

Aleksandra Golob, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Department of biology, young researcher

Mateja Germ, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Department of biology, associate professor, researcher

Ivan Kreft, Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ve?na pot 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Research counsellor

Igor Zelnik, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Department of biology, assistant professor

Urška Kristan, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Department of Environmental Sciences, researcher

Vekoslava Stibilj, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Department of Environmental Sciences, Research counsellor
How to Cite
Golob, A., Germ, M., Kreft, I., Zelnik, I., Kristan, U., & Stibilj, V. (2016). Selenium uptake and Se compounds in Se-treated buckwheat. Acta Botanica Croatica, 75(1). Retrieved from https://www.abc.botanic.hr/index.php/abc/article/view/1427