Understanding soil selenium accumulation and bioavailability through size resolved and elemental characterization of soil extracts

Julie Tolu; Sylvain Bouchet; Julian Helfenstein; Olivia Hausheer; Sarah Chékifi; Emmanuel Frossard; Federica Tamburini; Oliver A. Chadwick; Lenny H. E. Winkel

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34731-6

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Understanding soil selenium accumulation and bioavailability through size resolved and elemental characterization of soil extracts

Julie Tolu,
Sylvain Bouchet,
Julian Helfenstein,
Olivia Hausheer,
Sarah Chékifi,
Emmanuel Frossard,
Federica Tamburini,
Oliver A. Chadwick,
Lenny H. E. Winkel

Affiliations

Julie Tolu: Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department of Water Resources and Drinking Water (W+T)
Sylvain Bouchet: Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department of Water Resources and Drinking Water (W+T)
Julian Helfenstein: ETH Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Department of Environment Systems Sciences (D-USYS), Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), Group of Plant Nutrition
Olivia Hausheer: Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department of Water Resources and Drinking Water (W+T)
Sarah Chékifi: Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department of Water Resources and Drinking Water (W+T)
Emmanuel Frossard: ETH Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Department of Environment Systems Sciences (D-USYS), Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), Group of Plant Nutrition
Federica Tamburini: ETH Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Department of Environment Systems Sciences (D-USYS), Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), Group of Plant Nutrition
Oliver A. Chadwick: Department of Geography, University of California
Lenny H. E. Winkel: Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department of Water Resources and Drinking Water (W+T)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34731-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Selenium is essential for human health and mainly delivered via terrestrial foodstuffs. An advanced characterization of selenium chemical forms shows that organic matter increases its accumulation in soils but could limit its supply to plants

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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