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Soil Systems ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine N. Prins ◽  
Laura J. Hantzis ◽  
Jose R. Valdez-Barillas ◽  
Jennifer J. Cappa ◽  
Sirine C. Fakra ◽  
...  

Elemental hyperaccumulation protects plants from many aboveground herbivores. Little is known about effects of hyperaccumulation on belowground herbivores or their ecological interactions. To examine effects of plant selenium (Se) hyperaccumulation on nematode root herbivory, we investigated spatial distribution and speciation of Se in hyperaccumulator roots using X-ray microprobe analysis, and effects of root Se concentration on root-associated nematode communities. Perennial hyperaccumulators Stanleya pinnata and Astragalus bisulcatus, collected from a natural seleniferous grassland contained 100–1500 mg Se kg−1 root dry weight (DW). Selenium was concentrated in the cortex and epidermis of hyperaccumulator roots, with lower levels in the stele. The accumulated Se consisted of organic (C-Se-C) compounds, indistinguishable from methyl-selenocysteine. The field-collected roots yielded 5–400 nematodes g−1 DW in Baermann funnel extraction, with no correlation between root Se concentration and nematode densities. Even roots containing > 1000 mg Se kg−1 DW yielded herbivorous nematodes. However, greenhouse-grown S. pinnata plants treated with Se had fewer total nematodes than those without Se. Thus, while root Se hyperaccumulation may protect plants from non-specialist herbivorous nematodes, Se-resistant nematode taxa appear to associate with hyperaccumulators in seleniferous habitats, and may utilize high-Se hyperaccumulator roots as food source. These findings give new insight into the ecological implications of plant Se (hyper)accumulation.



2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stormy D. Lindblom ◽  
Ami L. Wangeline ◽  
Jose R. Valdez Barillas ◽  
Berthal Devilbiss ◽  
Sirine C. Fakra ◽  
...  


2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 1793-1803 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ghaedi ◽  
A.M. Ghaedi ◽  
E. Negintaji ◽  
A. Ansari ◽  
A. Vafaei ◽  
...  


PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. e50516 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Freeman ◽  
Matthew A. Marcus ◽  
Sirine C. Fakra ◽  
Jean Devonshire ◽  
Steve P. McGrath ◽  
...  


2012 ◽  
Vol 159 (4) ◽  
pp. 1834-1844 ◽  
Author(s):  
José R. Valdez Barillas ◽  
Colin F. Quinn ◽  
John L. Freeman ◽  
Stormy D. Lindblom ◽  
Sirine C. Fakra ◽  
...  


2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 128-134
Author(s):  
Evi Triana ◽  
Imam Supardi ◽  
Sunarjati Soedigdoadi ◽  
Novik Nurhidayat


2006 ◽  
Vol 142 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Freeman ◽  
Li Hong Zhang ◽  
Matthew A. Marcus ◽  
Sirine Fakra ◽  
Steve P. McGrath ◽  
...  


2005 ◽  
Vol 60 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 349-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Vallini ◽  
Simona Di Gregorio ◽  
Silvia Lampis

Abstract Two bacterial isolates were obtained in axenic culture from the rhizosphere soil of Astragalus bisulcatus, a legume able to hyperaccumulate selenium. Both strains resulted of particular interest for their high resistance to the toxic oxyanion SeO32- (selenite, SeIV). On the basis of molecular and biochemical analyses, these two isolates were attributed to the species Bacillus mycoides and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, respectively. Their capability in axenic culture to precipitate the soluble, bioavailable and highly toxic selenium form selenite to insoluble and relatively non-toxic Se0 (elemental selenium) was evaluated in defined medium added with 0.2 or 0.5 mm SeIV. Both strains showed to completely reduce 0.2 mᴍ selenite in 120 h, while 0.5 mm SeIV was reduced up to 67% of the initial concentration by B. mycoides and to about 50% by S. maltophilia in 48 h. Together in a dual consortium, B. mycoides and S. maltophilia increased the kinetics of selenite reduction, thus improving the efficiency of the process. A model system for selenium rhizofiltration based on plant-rhizobacteria interactions has been proposed.





2003 ◽  
Vol 131 (3) ◽  
pp. 1460-1467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid J. Pickering ◽  
Carrie Wright ◽  
Ben Bubner ◽  
Danielle Ellis ◽  
Michael W. Persans ◽  
...  


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