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Distribution of Selenium Fractions and Species in the Rock-Soil-Plant Interface of Maize (Zea mays L.) From Naore Valley Selenosis Region

Version 1 : Received: 10 January 2023 / Approved: 13 January 2023 / Online: 13 January 2023 (10:55:32 CET)

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Pinzon-Nuñez, D.A.; Wiche, O.; Bao, Z.; Xie, S.; Fan, B.; Zhang, W.; Tang, M.; Tian, H. Selenium Species and Fractions in the Rock–Soil–Plant Interface of Maize (Zea mays L.) Grown in a Natural Ultra-Rich Se Environment. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 4032. Pinzon-Nuñez, D.A.; Wiche, O.; Bao, Z.; Xie, S.; Fan, B.; Zhang, W.; Tang, M.; Tian, H. Selenium Species and Fractions in the Rock–Soil–Plant Interface of Maize (Zea mays L.) Grown in a Natural Ultra-Rich Se Environment. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 4032.

Abstract

Maize (Zea mays) is one of the most important staple food and primary source of livestock feed in the world. As the consumption of maize grown on the selenium-enriched soils of Naore Valley is one of the apparent causes of selenosis in the area, this work collected and analyzed total Se, Se fractions, and Se species distributions in maize plant samples, including grains, leaves, stalks, roots, rhizosphere soils, and the most representative parent rock materials from Naore Valley, Ziyang County, China. The Se distribution in soils markedly correlated with the weathered Se-enriched bedrocks, but most of the Se in the analyzed soils is enclosed as recalcitrant residual Se and organic-sulfide bound Se. In contrast, Se in rocks had a comparatively higher bioavailability and is bounded mainly to organic matter and sulfides minerals, with very few of the Se enclosed in the residual fraction. Maize plants might take a large amount of Se from the organic-sulfide bound Se fraction in the Se-rich soils, the weathered products from bedrocks or plant litters. Total Se concentrations in the collected samples were observed in descending order soil>leaf>root>grain>stalk. The predominant Se species detected in maize plants was SeMet. Se inorganic forms, mainly Se(VI), decreased from root to grain and were possibly assimilated into organic forms. Se (IV) was barely present. The natural increases in Se concentration affected mainly leaf and root dry-weight biomass as they are the organs that coped with the highest Se accumulation. This paper offers an insight into the uptake, accumulation, and distribution of Se forms in natural Se-rich maize crops and an opportunity for shifting Se-rich soils from menaces to valuable resources for growing Se-rich agricultural products.

Keywords

Selenium species; Maize plants; Se fractions; Rock-soil-plant interface; Selenium accumulation

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Environmental Science

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