ABSTRACT:
High concentrations of selenium (Se) found in some saline soils may be detrimental to sustainable agriculture in parts of the western U.S. Remediation strategy with Brassica species may be practical to reduce soil concentrations of Se to non-toxic levels. Collecting germplasm native to or growing in semi-arid and arid saline regions like Pakistan and India, may provide California and Western U.S. growers with additional plant materials to evaluate Se removal by plant uptake in saline/Se contaminated soils.
Footnotes
G.S. Bañuelos is a plant nutritionist with the Water Management Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Fresno, CA 93727; D. Dyer is an agronomist with the Plant Materials Center USDA-SCS, Lockford, CA 95237; R. Ahmad is a plant physiologist with the Biosalinity Laboratory, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan; R.N. Raut and S. Ismail are plant geneticists with the Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India; and J.C. Dagar is a botanist with the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, India
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