Leija-Martínez, P.; Benavides-Mendoza, A.; Cabrera-De La Fuente, M.; Robledo-Olivo, A.; Ortega-Ortíz, H.; Sandoval-Rangel, A.; González-Morales, S. Lettuce Biofortification with Selenium in Chitosan-Polyacrylic Acid Complexes. Agronomy2018, 8, 275.
Leija-Martínez, P.; Benavides-Mendoza, A.; Cabrera-De La Fuente, M.; Robledo-Olivo, A.; Ortega-Ortíz, H.; Sandoval-Rangel, A.; González-Morales, S. Lettuce Biofortification with Selenium in Chitosan-Polyacrylic Acid Complexes. Agronomy 2018, 8, 275.
Leija-Martínez, P.; Benavides-Mendoza, A.; Cabrera-De La Fuente, M.; Robledo-Olivo, A.; Ortega-Ortíz, H.; Sandoval-Rangel, A.; González-Morales, S. Lettuce Biofortification with Selenium in Chitosan-Polyacrylic Acid Complexes. Agronomy2018, 8, 275.
Leija-Martínez, P.; Benavides-Mendoza, A.; Cabrera-De La Fuente, M.; Robledo-Olivo, A.; Ortega-Ortíz, H.; Sandoval-Rangel, A.; González-Morales, S. Lettuce Biofortification with Selenium in Chitosan-Polyacrylic Acid Complexes. Agronomy 2018, 8, 275.
Abstract
Selenium (Se) is an essential element of the human diet. Therefore, it is necessary to implement Se in agricultural fertilization, although it is not considered as an essential element for plants, Se provides benefits at the level of redox metabolism, increasing the resistance of plants to various stress factors. The increase of the availability of selenium with the use of biopolymer complexes was sought in Great Lakes lettuce grown in substrate pots treated with SeO2 (5 mg L Se), Cs-PAA + Se (5 mg L Se), and Cs-PAA. The redox metabolism was modified by increasing the enzymatic activity of glutathione peroxidase. The use of Cs-PAA + Se biopolymer complexes increase selenium up to 24 mg/Kg dry weight (DW) in plant tissues.
Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy
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