Plants that remove selenium from soils

Banuelos, G; Schrale, G

Plants that remove selenium from soils

Authors

Gary Banuelos
Gerrit Schrale

Authors Affiliations

Gary Banuelos is Plant/Soil Scientist, Water Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Fresno, California; Gerrit Schrale is former Visiting Scientist from the South Australian Department of Agriculture, Adelaide, South Australia.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 43(3):19-20. DOI:10.3733/ca.v043n03p19. May 1989.

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Abstract

Initial results from greenhouse experiments suggest that some plants are able to lower selenium concentrations in soils by up to 50%. Use of these plant species to reduce concentrations to acceptable levels in problem soils on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley may be economically feasible.

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