Selenium inhibits root elongation by repressing the generation of endogenous hydrogen sulfide in Brassica rapa.

Selenium (Se) has been becoming an emerging pollutant causing severe phytotoxicity, which the biochemical mechanism is rarely known. Although hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has been suggested as an important exogenous regulator modulating plant physiological adaptions in response to heavy metal stress, whet...

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Main Authors: Yi Chen, Hai-Zhen Mo, Mei-Yu Zheng, Ming Xian, Zhong-Qiang Qi, You-Qin Li, Liang-Bin Hu, Jian Chen, Li-Fei Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4204939?pdf=render