Abstract
The effects of the source and level of selenium supplementation were investigated on the yield and selenium concentration in sprouts of sunflower (Helianthus annuus). Samples (125 g) of sunflower seeds were cultivated in plastic trays (30 cm × 60 cm × 4 cm) filled with soil medium. The trays were randomly divided into nine groups with four replicates based on a 2 × 4 + 1 augmented factorial experiment in a completely randomized design. Selenium solutions were prepared from sodium selenate and sodium selenite at five different concentrations: 0 mg/L (control), 0.5 mg/L, 1.0 mg/L, 2.0 mg/L and 3.0 mg/L and applied to the sunflower sprouts daily. The sprouts were harvested at day 7 of cultivation. The results showed that the yield of sunflower sprouts watered with selenate solution was higher (p < 0.05) than that of sunflower sprouts watered with selenite solution. The selenium concentration in sunflower sprouts increased (p < 0.05) with increasing levels of selenium supplementation. The concentration of selenium in its selenate form increased (p < 0.05) more in sunflower sprouts compared to selenium in its selenite form. The selenium concentration in sprouts supplemented with selenate solution containing 2.0 mg Se/L was 903.49 mg/kg. The findings demonstrated that selenate was superior to selenite with regard to the yield and selenium concentration in sunflower sprouts.
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Claim · model-written summary
Selenate watering increased sunflower sprout yield relative to selenite watering.
- Taxon
- sunflower
Helianthus annuuse0 - Organ / stage
- sproutse0
- Treatment
- selenate solutione0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- selenite solutione0
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Verbatim
e0“The results showed that the yield of sunflower sprouts watered with selenate solution was higher (p < 0.05) than that of sunflower sprouts watered with selenite solution.”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunflower sprout selenium concentration rose with increasing selenium supplementation.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0
- Organ / stage
- sproutse0
- Treatment
- increasing levels of selenium supplementatione0
- Outcome
- selenium concentratione0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The selenium concentration in sunflower sprouts increased (p < 0.05) with increasing levels of selenium supplementation.”
Claim · model-written summary
Selenate increased sprout selenium concentration more than selenite.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0
- Organ / stage
- sproutse0
- Treatment
- selenate forme0
- Outcome
- concentration of seleniume0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- selenite forme0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The concentration of selenium in its selenate form increased (p < 0.05) more in sunflower sprouts compared to selenium in its selenite form.”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunflower sprouts given 2.0 mg Se/L selenate contained 903.49 mg/kg selenium.
- Taxon
- sunflower (Helianthus annuus)Helianthus annuust0
- Organ / stage
- sproutse0
- Treatment
- selenate solution containing 2.0 mg Se/Le0
- Outcome
- selenium concentratione0
- Value
- 903.49 mg/kge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The selenium concentration in sprouts supplemented with selenate solution containing 2.0 mg Se/L was 903.49 mg/kg.”
t0“sunflower (Helianthus annuus)”
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