Plant Soil Environ., 2014, 60(3):105-110 | DOI: 10.17221/823/2013-PSE

Selenium biofortification of rice and radish: effect of soil texture and efficiency of two extractantsOriginal Paper

K.F.M. Fernandes, R.S. Berton, A.R. Coscione
Agronomic Institute, Campinas, Brazil

The addition of essential elements to human health by mineral fertilization is considered a promising strategy for biofortification. A greenhouse experiment was carried out where amounts equivalent to 0.0; 0.5; 1.0 and 2.0 kg/ha of selenium (Se), as sodium selenite, were added to two soils with contrasting textures to evaluate the increase in Se concentration on the edible parts of rice (grain) and radish (roots) plants. Two extractors (KCl and KH2PO4) were also evaluated in their efficiency in predicting available Se to the two species. Total Se concentration in plants increased significantly with the amounts of Se added to both soils showing that selenite can be used for biofortification of these crops. Selenium availability was higher on sandy soil than on sandy clay soil. Se extraction with KCl presented better performance than KH2PO4 in predicting Se phytoavailability for rice and radish.

Keywords: selenite; clay content; human health; phytoavailability; micronutrient

Published: March 31, 2014  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago Chicago Notes IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
Fernandes KFM, Berton RS, Coscione AR. Selenium biofortification of rice and radish: effect of soil texture and efficiency of two extractants. Plant Soil Environ. 2014;60(3):105-110. doi: 10.17221/823/2013-PSE.
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. Boldrin P.F., Faquin V., Ramos S.J., Guilherme L.R.G., Bastos C.E.A., Carvalho G.S., Costa E.T.D.S. (2012): Selenate and selenite on yield and agronomic biofortification with selenium in rice. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 47: 831-837. (In Portuguese) Go to original source...
    2. Camargo O.A., Moniz A.C., Jorge T.A., Valadares J.M.A.S. (1986): Methods of Chemical, Mineralogical and Physical Analysis of Soils. Agronomic Institute, Campinas, 94. (In Portuguese)
    3. Cartes P., Gianfreda L., Mora M.L. (2005): Uptake of selenium and its antioxidant activity in ryegrass when applied as selenate and selenite forms. Plant and Soil, 276: 359-367. Go to original source...
    4. Ducsay L., Ložek O., Varga L., Lošák T. (2006): Effects of winter wheat supplementation with selenium. Chemické Listy, 100: 519-521.
    5. Eich-Greatorex S., Sogn T.A., Øgaard A.F., Aasen I. (2007): Plant availability of inorganic and organic selenium fertiliser as influenced by soil organic matter content and pH. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 79: 221-231. Go to original source...
    6. Food and Agriculture Organization [FAO] (2013): Food outlook: Biannual report on global food markets. Available at http://www.fao.org/giews/
    7. Ferreira K.S., Gomes J.C., Bellato C.R., Jordão C.P. (2002): Selenium content of Brazilian foods. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 11: 172-177. (In Portuguese) Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    8. Gissel-Nielsen G. (2002): Selenium. In: Lal R. (ed.): Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 1476.
    9. Hlušek J., Jůzl M., Čepl J., Lošák T. (2005): The effect of selenium supplementation on its concentration in potato tubers. Chemické Listy, 99: 515-517.
    10. Hopper J.L., Parker D.R. (1999): Plant availability of selenite and selenate as influenced by the competing ions phosphate and sulphate. Plant and Soil, 210: 199-207. Go to original source...
    11. Huang P.M., Fujii R. (1996): Selenium and arsenic. In: Sparks D.L., Page A.L., Helmke P.A., Loeppert R.H., Soltanpour P.N., Tabatabai M.A., Johnston C.T., Sumner M.E. (eds.): Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 3: Chemical Methods. SSSA, Madison, 793-831. Go to original source...
    12. Ježek P., Hlušek J., Lošák T., Jůzl M., Elzner P., Kráčmar S., Buňka F., Martensson A. (2011): Effect of foliar application of selenium on the content of selected amino acids in potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum L.). Plant, Soil and Environment, 57: 315-320. Go to original source...
    13. Lachman J., Miholová D., Pivec V., Jírů K., Janovská D. (2011): Content of phenolic antioxidants and selenium in grain of einkorn (Triticum monococcum), emmer (Triticum dicoccum) and spring wheat (Triticum aestivum) varieties. Plant, Soil and Environment, 57: 235-243. Go to original source...
    14. Lyons G., Stangoulis J., Graham R. (2003): High-selenium wheat: Biofortification for better health. Nutrition Research Reviews, 16: 45-60. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    15. Mouta E.R., Melo W.J., Soares M.R., Alleoni L.R.F., Casagrande J.C. (2008): Selenium adsorption in oxisols. Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 32: 1033-1041. (In Portuguese) Go to original source...
    16. Pedrero Z., Madrid Y., Cámara C. (2006): Selenium species bioaccessibility in enriched radish (Raphanus sativus): A potential dietary source of selenium. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 54: 2412-2417. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    17. Pedrero Z., Madrid Y. (2009): Novel approaches for selenium speciation in foodstuffs and biological specimens: A review. Analytica Chimica Acta, 634: 135-152. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    18. Raij B. van, Quaggio J.A., Silva da N.M. (1986): Extraction of phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and magnesium from soils by an ion-exchange resin procedure. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 17: 547-566. Go to original source...
    19. Rajan S.S.S., Watkinson J.W. (1979): Sorption of selenite and phosphate onto allophone clay. Soil Science of American Jour nal, 40: 51-54. Go to original source...
    20. United States Environmental Protection Agency [USEPA] (1995): Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste: Physical/Chemical Methods. 3 rd Edition. USEPA, Washington.
    21. Wang Z., Gao Y. (2001): Biogeochemical cycling of selenium in Chinese environments. Applied Geochemistry, 16: 1345-1351. Go to original source...
    22. Watkinson J.H. (1983): Prevention of selenium deficiency in grazing animals by annual topdressing of pasture with sodium selenate. New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 3: 78-85. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    23. Welsch E.P., Crock J.G., Sanzolone R. (1990): Trace-level determination of arsenic and selenium using continuous-flow hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotometry. In: Arbogast B.F. (ed.): Quality Assurance Manual for the Branchof Geochemistry: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-668. U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, 38-45.

    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY NC 4.0), which permits non-comercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is properly cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.


    Return to the content