Uptake, translocation and biotransformation of selenium nanoparticles in rice seedlings (Oryza sativa L.)

Table 1 Uptake, translocation, accumulation, and distribution of Se in rice plants under the different Se treatments

Treatments	Total Se (μg pot⁻¹)		Distribution of Se (%)		Se uptake	Transfer factor (TF)
Treatments	Shoots	Roots	Shoots	Roots	(μg g⁻¹ root FW)	Transfer factor (TF)
10 μM SeNPs	4.84 ± 0.37 c	68.14 ± 5.33 b	6.64 ± 0.21 c	93.36 ± 0.21 b	19.00 ± 1.49 c	0.0254 ± 0.0005 c
30 μM SeNPs	6.64 ± 0.88 c	153.50 ± 14.84 a	4.16 ± 0.54 d	95.81 ± 0.54 a	42.86 ± 2.62 a	0.0153 ± 0.0024 c
10 μM selenite	29.47 ± 2.26 b	83.44 ± 8.23 b	26.19 ± 0.48 b	73.81 ± 0.48 c	30.26 ± 1.73 b	0.1357 ± 0.0005 b
10 μM selenate	91.61 ± 7.99 a	26.36 ± 1.77 c	77.60 ± 0.34 a	22.40 ± 0.34 d	33.30 ± 0.83 b	1.2333 ± 0.0298 a

Data presented as mean ± SE (n = 3). Different letters in the same column indicate significant differences between the treatments at p < 0.05 according to the Duncan’s test

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