Claim · model-written summary
Foliar sodium selenate raised Se concentration by 112.5% versus control in non-calcareous soil.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativat0 - Treatment
- foliar application of sodium selenatet1
- Outcome
- Se concentratione0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 112.5%e0
- Comparator
- control treatmente0
- Setting
- non-calcareouse0
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Verbatim
e0“By the usage of this treatment, Se concentration was increased up to 112.5% and 182%, respectively, compared with the control treatment in non-calcareous and calcareous soil”
t0“alfalfa”
t1“foliar application of sodium selenate”
Title
The effect of selenium biofortification in alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
Babak Motesharezadeh; Samira Ghorbani; Hossein Ali Alikhani Journal of Plant Nutrition 2019. doi:10.1080/01904167.2019.1676900
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Selenium sources significantly affected all measured parameters on calcareous soils versus control.
- Observation Foliar sodium selenate gave the best response among selenium methods.
- Intervention effect Foliar sodium selenate raised Se concentration by 182% versus control in calcareous soil.
- Recommendation The authors recommend selenium bacteria inoculant for alfalfa biofortification.
- Recommendation The authors recommend sodium selenate for alfalfa biofortification.
- Recommendation The authors recommend considering soil biological potential and native bacteria.