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Plant Nutrients and Abiotic Stress Tolerance pp 269–295Cite as

Mechanisms of Selenium-Induced Enhancement of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

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Selenium (Se), an essential micronutrient for humans, animals, and some microorganisms, has been found to be a beneficial trace element for many plant species, especially Se hyperaccumulators. Selenium accumulation in plants profoundly affects many biochemical reactions in cells. There is a growing interest in understanding the plant reaction to Se enrichment, both to ensure adequate dietary Se intakes for humans and animals, which often needs Se biofortification using edible crops, and to achieve increased tolerance of plants to some environmental stress. In recent years, many investigations have shown that Se-enriched plants exhibited enhanced tolerance to some abiotic stresses, e.g. cold, high temperature, drought, salinity, UV radiation, and excess of some trace metals/metalloids. In plants exposed to environmental stresses, the protective role of Se ions, used in relatively low concentrations, has often been attributed to stimulation of antioxidative protection systems, but the associated mechanisms are complicated and not fully elucidated. To obtain positive effects of Se phytofortification, the possibility of accumulation of this element in given plant species, the chemical form of Se applied, the way of the application thereof, as well as the probability of its interaction with other elements should be taken under consideration. In this chapter, we will focus on reviewing the effects of Se biofortification on plants growing under different abiotic stress conditions. Changes in the physiological and biochemical characteristics of Se-supplied plants, with particular emphasis on the influence of Se on the changes in enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant defence mechanisms under abiotic stress, will be summarised in this review.

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Hawrylak-Nowak, B., Hasanuzzaman, M., Matraszek-Gawron, R. (2018). Mechanisms of Selenium-Induced Enhancement of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants. In: Hasanuzzaman, M., Fujita, M., Oku, H., Nahar, K., Hawrylak-Nowak, B. (eds) Plant Nutrients and Abiotic Stress Tolerance. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-9044-8_12

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