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Selenium alleviates the adverse effects of microplastics on kale by regulating photosynthesis, redox homeostasis, secondary metabolism and hormones

Food Chemistry 2024 30 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 65 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Lulu Zhang, Mengting Tong, Mengting Tong, Mengting Tong, Mengting Tong, Mengting Tong, Mengting Tong, Wansheng Xia, Yusui Duan, Yusui Duan, Kuizhi Zhai, Mengting Tong, Mengting Tong, Yusui Duan, Wansheng Xia, Yusui Duan, Bingnan Zhao, Wansheng Xia, Lulu Zhang, Yusui Duan, Bingnan Zhao, Yusui Duan, Yusui Duan, Yusui Duan, Kuizhi Zhai, Mengting Tong, Mengting Tong, Bingnan Zhao, Bingnan Zhao, Wansheng Xia, Yusui Duan, Yusui Duan, Yusui Duan, Yusui Duan, Yusui Duan, Yusui Duan, Wansheng Xia, Bingnan Zhao, Lulu Zhang, Lulu Zhang, Bingnan Zhao, Yusui Duan, Wansheng Xia, Lulu Zhang, Wansheng Xia, Wansheng Xia, Wansheng Xia, Wansheng Xia, Yusui Duan, Yusui Duan, Yusui Duan, Yusui Duan, Yusui Duan, Bingnan Zhao, Bingnan Zhao, Yusui Duan, Wansheng Xia, Lulu Zhang, Yusui Duan, Yusui Duan, Wansheng Xia, Wansheng Xia, Wansheng Xia, Bingnan Zhao, Bingnan Zhao, Bingnan Zhao, Bingnan Zhao, Kuizhi Zhai, Kuizhi Zhai, Kuizhi Zhai, Yusui Duan, Wansheng Xia, Wansheng Xia, Wansheng Xia, Wansheng Xia, Bingnan Zhao, Bingnan Zhao, Bingnan Zhao, Bingnan Zhao, Kuizhi Zhai, Kuizhi Zhai, Kuizhi Zhai, Jianzhou Chu, Wansheng Xia, Jianzhou Chu, Wansheng Xia, Wansheng Xia, Wansheng Xia, Bingnan Zhao, Lulu Zhang, Mengting Tong, Bingnan Zhao, Wansheng Xia, Wansheng Xia, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Wansheng Xia, Bingnan Zhao, Lulu Zhang, Bingnan Zhao, Bingnan Zhao, Bingnan Zhao, Lulu Zhang, Wansheng Xia, Bingnan Zhao, Bingnan Zhao, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Lulu Zhang, Lulu Zhang, Mengting Tong, Kuizhi Zhai, Kuizhi Zhai, Kuizhi Zhai, Kuizhi Zhai, Kuizhi Zhai, Kuizhi Zhai, Yusui Duan, Xiaoqin Yao Yusui Duan, Lulu Zhang, Lulu Zhang, Kuizhi Zhai, Yusui Duan, Yusui Duan, Kuizhi Zhai, Xiaoqin Yao Xiaoqin Yao Kuizhi Zhai, Kuizhi Zhai, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Wansheng Xia, Jianzhou Chu, Bingnan Zhao, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Wansheng Xia, Bingnan Zhao, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Xiaoqin Yao Xiaoqin Yao Xiaoqin Yao Jianzhou Chu, Xiaoqin Yao Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Xiaoqin Yao Xiaoqin Yao Xiaoqin Yao Xiaoqin Yao Xiaoqin Yao Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Jianzhou Chu, Xiaoqin Yao

Summary

Researchers found that treating soil with selenium could protect kale plants from the harmful effects of microplastic contamination. Microplastics triggered damaging oxidative stress in the plants, but selenium helped restore the balance by boosting antioxidant defenses, improving photosynthesis, and regulating plant hormones. This suggests selenium supplementation could help maintain food crop health in microplastic-contaminated agricultural soils.

Kale is a functional food with anti-cancer, antioxidant, and anemia prevention properties. The harmful effects of the emerging pollutant microplastic (MP) on plants have been widely studied, but there is limited research how to mitigate MP damage on plants. Numerous studies have shown that Se is involved in regulating plant resistance to abiotic stresses. The paper investigated impact of MP and Se on kale growth, photosynthesis, reactive oxygen species (ROS) metabolism, phytochemicals, and endogenous hormones. Results revealed that MP triggered a ROS burst, which led to breakdown of antioxidant system in kale, and had significant toxic effects on photosynthetic system, biomass, and accumulation of secondary metabolites, as well as a significant decrease in IAA and a significant increase in GA. Under MP supply, Se mitigated the adverse effects of MP on kale by increasing photosynthetic pigment content, stimulating function of antioxidant system, enhancing secondary metabolite synthesis, and modulating hormonal networks.

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