Selenium in plants: Boon or bane?

M Hasanuzzaman, MHMB Bhuyan, A Raza… - Environmental and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Selenium (Se) is yet to be confirmed as essential for plants, but it has proven to be an
essential trace element for humans and other animals. However, it is well documented that …

Selenium biofortification: Strategies, progress and challenges

OP Danso, B Asante-Badu, Z Zhang, J Song, Z Wang… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element for humans and animals. Its necessity for plants
is still under examination. Due to the contradictory nature of Se and its significance, it has …

Exogenous melatonin induces drought stress tolerance by promoting plant growth and antioxidant defence system of soybean plants

M Imran, A Latif Khan, R Shahzad, M Aaqil Khan… - AoB Plants, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Melatonin is an indolamine bioactive molecule that regulates a wide range of physiological
processes during plant growth and enhances abiotic stress tolerance. Here we examined …

Melatonin ameliorates thermotolerance in soybean seedling through balancing redox homeostasis and modulating antioxidant defense, phytohormones and …

M Imran, M Aaqil Khan, R Shahzad, S Bilal, M Khan… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Global warming is impacting the growth and development of economically important but
sensitive crops, such as soybean (Glycine max L.). Using pleiotropic signaling molecules …

[HTML][HTML] Exogenous melatonin improves physiological characteristics and promotes growth of strawberry seedlings under cadmium stress

S Wu, Y Wang, J Zhang, X Gong, Z Zhang, J Sun… - Horticultural Plant …, 2021 - Elsevier
Melatonin, as a plant growth regulator, is involved in plant stress resistance. We studied the
effects of different concentrations (0, 10, 50, 100, 150, and 200 µmol· L− 1) of melatonin on …

[HTML][HTML] Selenium–An environmentally friendly micronutrient in agroecosystem in the modern era: An overview of 50-year findings

D Moulick, A Mukherjee, A Das, A Roy… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Agricultural productivity is constantly being forced to maintain yield stability to feed the
enormously growing world population. However, shrinking arable and nutrient-deprived soil …

Approaches in enhancing thermotolerance in plants: an updated review

S Ali, M Rizwan, MS Arif, R Ahmad… - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2020 - Springer
Global warming has been increasing manifold in recent times, and this may cause
tremendous economic losses in the near future. Recently, heat stress is considered one of …

Dual behavior of selenium: insights into physio-biochemical, anatomical and molecular analyses of four Brassica napus cultivars

Z Ulhassan, RA Gill, S Ali, TM Mwamba, B Ali, J Wang… - chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Selenium (Se) is a prerequisite metalloid for humans and animals. But, its essentialness or
phytotoxicity is still obscure. Here, we investigated the dual effects of sodium selenite (0, 25 …

Exogenous melatonin induces salt and drought stress tolerance in rice by promoting plant growth and defense system

Z Khan, R Jan, S Asif, M Farooq, YH Jang, EG Kim… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Due to global climate change, crops are certainly confronted with a lot of abiotic and biotic
stress factors during their growth that cause a serious threat to their development and overall …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of selenium spatial distribution using μ-XFR in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) plants: Integration of physiological and biochemical …

MGDB Lanza, VM Silva, GS Montanha, J Lavres… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Low concentrations of selenium (Se) are beneficial for plant growth. Foliar Se application at
high concentrations is toxic to plants due to the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) …