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Plant Mediation to Tolerate Cadmium Stress with Selenium and Nano-Selenium

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After mercury and lead, cadmium is the third greatest hazard dangerous to the environment. Cadmium is non-essential biological functions metal element and has a series of harmful effects on the health of human, animal, and plants at low concentrations. Cadmium is unique heavy metal that causes health problems Plants in many areas are low or mildly polluted with cadmium may not display any toxicity problems. They can accumulate cadmium in their edible portions at levels that are higher than the permissible threshold for people. Plant foods are generally considered to be the most prevalent source of cadmium exposure in the population, and grains account for a considerable portion of total dietary intake. It is well documented that added at low concentrations of selenium exerts beneficial effects regulation of photosynthesis and respiration, increased antioxidant capacity, improvement of abiotic stress tolerance, and attracted attention in the alleviation of heavy metal toxicities stresses in different plant species. This chapter summarized how selenium and Nano-selenium can be mitigated cadmium stress in plants.

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Ghasemi-Soloklui, A.A., Didaran, F., Kordrostami, M., Al-Khayri, J.M. (2023). Plant Mediation to Tolerate Cadmium Stress with Selenium and Nano-Selenium. In: Al-Khayri, J.M., Alnaddaf, L.M., Jain, S.M. (eds) Nanomaterial Interactions with Plant Cellular Mechanisms and Macromolecules and Agricultural Implications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20878-2_17

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