K. Shanker et al., EFFECT OF SELENITE AND SELENATE ON PLANT UPTAKE OF CADMIUM BY KIDNEY BEAN (PHASEOLUS-MUNGO) WITH REFERENCE TO CD-SE INTERACTION, Chemical speciation and bioavailability, 7(3), 1995, pp. 97-100
Pot culture experiments have been conducted to study the effect of sel
enite and selenate pretreatment on the uptake and translocation of roo
t-absorbed cadmium in the kidney bean plant, irrigated with 2 mu g ml(
-1) of Gd. A statistically significant reduction in cadmium uptake wit
h increasing concentration of selenite and selenate (0.5-6.0 mu g mL(-
1)) has been observed. Selenite treatment is found to be more effectiv
e in decreasing cadmium uptake.