Selenium is a critical element, particularly for the thyroid and immune system, but too little or too much can be harmful to both humans and wildlife. A team of researchers at Washington University in ...

Plant and Soil, Vol. 418, No. 1/2, Part I: Special Issue Iron nutrition in plants (September 2017), pp. 541-555 (15 pages) Background and Aims Selenium accumulation in vegetation has resulted in ...

Berkeley -- In the first field trial of plants genetically tweaked to absorb more contaminants, researchers found that the transgenic plants handily beat out their wild-type counterparts. The results ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Chemical pesticide use is a cornerstone of industrial agriculture, yet most formulations suffer from poor delivery efficiency and unintended ecological consequences. Less than 1% ...