Author/Editor     Germ, Mateja; Osvald, Jože
Title     Selenium treatment affected respiratory potential in Eruca sativa
Translated title     Vpliv selena na respiratorni potencial pri rukoli (Eruca sativa)
Type     članek
Source     Acta Agriculturae Slovenica
Vol. and No.     Letnik 85, št. 2
Publication year     2005
Volume     str. 329-35
Language     eng
Abstract     The effect of selenium on Eruca sativa Miller was studied. The flows of electrons in the photosynthetic apparatus and in the respiratory chain were measured in control plants and in plants obtained from selenium treated seeds. The potential and effective quantum yields of photosystem II were unaffected by selenium treatment. The respiratory potential of Eruca sativa, measured by electron transport system (ETS) activity, significantly increased in plants, grown from selenium treated seeds.
Summary     V članku je opisan vpliv selena na fiziološke lastnosti rukole Eruca sativa Miller. Pretok elektronov v fotosinteznem aparatu in v dihalni verigi smo merili v kontrolnih rastlinah in rastlinah, ki so zrastle is semen, tretiranih s selenom. Potencialna in dejanska fotokemična učinkovitost nista bili odvisni od tretiranja s selenom. Respiratorni potencial rukole, merjen s pomočjo aktivnosti elektronskega transportnega sistema (ETS), je bil značilno večji pri rastlinah, ki so zrastle iz semen, tretiranih s selenom.
Descriptors     PLANTS
SELENIUM
ELECTRON TRANSPORT
CHLOROPHYLL