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Extraordinarily high leaf selenium to sulfur ratios define 'Se-accumulator' plants.
Annals of botany - 1 Jul 2007
White Philip J, Bowen Helen C, Marshall Bruce, Broadley Martin R
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Selenium (Se) and sulfur (S) exhibit similar chemical properties. In flowering plants (angiosperms) selenate and sulfate are acquired and assimilated by common transport and metabolic pathways. It is hypothesized that most angiosperm species show little or no discrimination in the accumulation of Se and S in leaves when their roots are supplied a mixture of selenate and sulfate, but some,...
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