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ReviewNutrients2015

Selenium cycling across soil-plant-atmosphere interfaces: a critical review.

Lenny H E Winkel, Bas Vriens, Gerrad D Jones, Leila S Schneider, Elizabeth Pilon-Smits, Gary S Bañuelos

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Review in Nutrients, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
85citing papers in PubMed
22.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

85 citing papers in PubMed, 459 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Lenny H E WinkelSwiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland. lenny.winkel@eawag.ch.
Bas VriensSwiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland. bas.vriens@eawag.ch.
Gerrad D JonesEawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Ueberlandstrasse 133, P.O. Box 611, CH-8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland. gerrad.jones@eawag.ch.
Leila S SchneiderSwiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland. leilasc@student.ethz.ch.
Elizabeth Pilon-SmitsColorado State University, Biology Department, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. epsmits@lamar.colostate.edu.
Gary S BañuelosUSDA, Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Center, 9611 South Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648, USA. gary.banuelos@ars.usda.gov.
ETH Zurich · CHColorado State University · USSan Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center · USSwiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Selenium (Se) is an essential element for humans and animals, which occurs ubiquitously in the environment. It is present in trace amounts in both organic and inorganic forms in marine and freshwater systems, soils, biomass and in the atmosphere. Low Se levels in certain terrestrial environments have resulted in Se deficiency in humans, while elevated Se levels in waters and soils can be toxic and result in the death of aquatic wildlife and other animals. Human dietary Se intake is largely governed by Se concentrations in plants, which are controlled by root uptake of Se as a function of soil Se concentrations, speciation and bioavailability. In addition, plants and microorganisms can biomethylate Se, which can result in a loss of Se to the atmosphere. The mobilization of Se across soil-plant-atmosphere interfaces is thus of crucial importance for human Se status. This review gives an overview of current knowledge on Se cycling with a specific focus on soil-plant-atmosphere interfaces. Sources, speciation and mobility of Se in soils and plants will be discussed as well as Se hyperaccumulation by plants, biofortification and biomethylation. Future research on Se cycling in the environment is essential to minimize the adverse health effects associated with unsafe environmental Se levels.

Indexed as

Crops, AgriculturalEnvironmentPlant RootsPlants, Genetically ModifiedSeleniumSoilSeleniumSoilatmospherebiofortificationbiomethylationenvironmenthyperaccumulationplantsseleniumsoilspeciation

Identifiers

PMID26035246
PMCPMC4488781
OpenAlexW2100739865

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