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Selenium (Se) is an example of an essential element becoming more and more insufficient in food crops as a result of intensive plant production in many countries. Se is an essential biological trace element. It is an essential constituent of several enzymes in which it is present in the form of the unusual amino acid selenocysteine (SeCys). Se was first recognized as an essential nutrient in the late 1950s when it was found to replace vitamin E in the diets of rats and chicks for the prevention of vascular, muscular and/or hepatic lesions. Until that time, Se had been thought of only as a toxicant, being associated with “alkali disease” in grazing livestock in the northern Great Plains of the United States. Since that time, Se has become the subject of investigations in many parts of the world. Se enters soils primarily as a result of the weathering of Se-containing rocks, although volcanic activity, dusts such as in the vicinity of coal burning, Se-containing fertilizers, and some waters can also be sources. Se cycles through the food system, being removed from soils by plants and soil microorganisms, which can take up the element into their tissue proteins and metabolize some of it to volatile forms e.g., dimethylselenide. The latter enter the atmosphere to be brought down with precipitation and airborne particulates. This chapter reviews the present knowledge of the Se in agroecosystem. The occurrence of selenium in the environment from soil to food systems is discussed. The most promising and important nanotechnology applications in agriculture; and nano-selenium particles production, agricultural nanotechnology and its use in sustainable development will also be highlighted.

“Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness]”. (Holy Quran: Ar-Room, verse 41)

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Abbreviations

ATSDR:

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

BSA:

Bovine serum albumin

ETA-AAS:

Electrothermal atomization—Atomic absorption spectroscopy

F-AAS:

Fluorescence—Atomic absorption spectroscopy

FAO/WHO:

Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization

FDA:

Food and Drug Administration

FW:

Fresh weight

GSH:

Glutathione

ICP MS:

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

ICP-OES:

Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy

IUPAC:

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

HNO3 :

Nitric acid

LC-ICP-MS:

Liquid Chromatography—Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

MAD:

Multi-wavelength anomalous diffraction (or dispersion)

MAK:

Maximum concentration of a chemical substance on air at the workplace (in German)

RDAs:

Recommended dietary allowances

SeCys:

Selenocysteine

SeGSH:

Selenoglutathione

SeMet:

Selenomethionine

SeMC:

Selenomethylocysteine

SCENIHR:

Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks

US EPA:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

WHO:

World Health Organization

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  1. Soil and Water Sciences Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

    Hassan R. El-Ramady

  2. Plant Biotechnology Department, Debrecen University, AGTC Böszörményi Útca. 138, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary

    Éva Domokos-Szabolcsy & Miklόs Fári

  3. Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

    Tarek A. Shalaby

  4. Institute of Bio- and Environmental Enegetics, Debrecen University, Böszörményi Útca. 138, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary

    Jόszef Prokisch

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El-Ramady, H., Domokos-Szabolcsy, É., Shalaby, T., Prokisch, J., Fári, M. (2015). Selenium in Agriculture: Water, Air, Soil, Plants, Food, Animals and Nanoselenium. In: Lichtfouse, E., Schwarzbauer, J., Robert, D. (eds) CO2 Sequestration, Biofuels and Depollution. Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11906-9_5

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