Table 1.
Treatments | Total Se (μg pot−1) | Distribution of Se (%) | Se uptake | Transfer factor (TF) | ||
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Shoots | Roots | Shoots | Roots | (μg g−1 root FW) | ||
10 μM SeNPs | 4.84 ± 0.37 c | 68.14 ± 5.33 b | 6.64 ± 0.21 c | 93.36 ± 0.21 b | 19.00 ± 1.49 c | 0.0254 ± 0.0005 c |
30 μM SeNPs | 6.64 ± 0.88 c | 153.50 ± 14.84 a | 4.16 ± 0.54 d | 95.81 ± 0.54 a | 42.86 ± 2.62 a | 0.0153 ± 0.0024 c |
10 μM selenite | 29.47 ± 2.26 b | 83.44 ± 8.23 b | 26.19 ± 0.48 b | 73.81 ± 0.48 c | 30.26 ± 1.73 b | 0.1357 ± 0.0005 b |
10 μM selenate | 91.61 ± 7.99 a | 26.36 ± 1.77 c | 77.60 ± 0.34 a | 22.40 ± 0.34 d | 33.30 ± 0.83 b | 1.2333 ± 0.0298 a |
Data presented as mean ± SE (n = 3). Different letters in the same column indicate significant differences between the treatments at p < 0.05 according to the Duncan’s test