Note: Front Cover -- Table of contents -- Preface -- List of contributors -- Biogeochemistry of selenium -- The global biogeochemical cycle of selenium: Sources, fluxes and the influence of climate -- Topsoil selenium distribution in relation to geochemical factors in main agricultural areas of China -- Examining continental and marine sources of selenium in rainfall -- The role of phytoplankton in marine selenium cycling -- Biogenic volatilization of nanoscale selenium particles in the soil-Stanleya pinnata system -- Global predictions of selenium distributions in soils -- Selenium in agroecosystems in tropical areas: A focus in Brazil -- Selenium soil mapping under native Brazil nut forests in Brazilian Amazon -- Fate of selenium in soil and engineered suboxic and anoxic environments -- Soil selenium contents, spatial distribution and their influencing factors in Heilongjiang, China -- Selenium sorption in tropical agroecosystems -- Ionic strength effects upon selenate adsorption in cultivated and uncultivated Brazilian soils -- Soil cultivation affects selenate adsorption in Cerrado soils in Brazil -- The effect of calcination on selenium speciation in selenium-rich rock -- The fraction of selenium in cumulated irrigated soil in Gansu Province, China: Effect of aging -- Comparative study on the extraction methods and the bioavailability of soil available selenium -- Partitioning of SeNPs in the water soluble and the exchangeable fractions and effects of soil organic matter and incubation time -- A rapid analytical method for selenium species by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) -- Determination of selenium species in Se-enriched food supplement tablets by anion-exchange liquid chromatography-hydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometry. , Selenium speciation in plants by HPLC-ultraviolet treatment-hydride generation atomic fluorescence spectrometry using various mobile phases -- Synchrotron studies of selenium interactions with heavy elements -- Cellular and molecular functions of selenium -- Selenium atom-specific modifications (SAM) of nucleic acids for human health -- Comparative cytotoxicity and antioxidant evaluation of biologically active fatty acid conjugates of water soluble selenolanes in cells -- Diselenodipropionic acid as novel selenium compound for lung radiotherapy -- Association of selenoprotein and selenium pathway genetic variations with colorectal cancer risk and interaction with selenium status -- Selenoenzymes iodothyronine deiodinases: 1. Effects of their activities in various rat tissues by administered antidepressant drug Fluoxetine -- Selenoenzymes iodothyronine deiodinases: 2. Novel radiometric enzyme assays for extremely sensitive determination of their activities -- The role of thioredoxin reductase 1 in cancer -- Selenoprotein T: A new promising target for the treatment of myocardial infarction and heart failure -- Selenium status in humans: Measures, methods, and modifiers -- Selenoneine is the major Se compound in the blood of Inuit consuming of traditional marine foods in Nunavik, Northern Canada -- Selenium as a regulator of immune and inflammatory responses -- Effects of selenium exposure on neuronal differentiation of embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells -- Functional deletion of brain selenoenzymes by methylmercury -- The "SOS" mechanisms of methylmercury toxicity -- Effects of selenium on animal, human and plant health -- Role of the selenium in articular cartilage metabolism, growth, and maturation -- Intestinal bioaccessibility and bioavailability of selenium in elemental selenium nano-/microparticles. , Autoimmunity against selenium transport in human sera -- Natural small molecules in protection of environment and health: Sulfur-selenium deficiency and risk factor for man, animal and environment -- Incubation and crude protein separation from selenium-enriched earthworms -- Health impact of dietary selenium nanoparticles on mahseer fish -- Pathways of human selenium exposure and poisoning in Enshi, China -- Selenium status in Iran: A soil and human health point of view -- Impact of high selenium exposure on organ function & -- biochemical profile of the rural population living in seleniferous soils in Punjab, India -- Keshan disease and Kaschin-Beck disease in China: Is there still selenium deficiency? -- Influence of canola oil, vitamin E and selenium on cattle meat quality and its effects on nutrition and health of humans -- Selenium content of food and estimation of dietary intake in Xi'an, China -- Assessment of selenium intake, status and influencing factors in Kenya -- Selenium improves the biocontrol activity of Cryptococcus laurentii against Penicillium expansum in tomato fruit -- Antifungal activity of selenium on two plant pathogens Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides -- Exogenous selenium application influences lettuce on bolting and tipburn -- Biological uptake and accumulation of selenium -- The genetics of selenium accumulation by plants -- The genetic loci associated with selenium accumulation in wheat grains under soil surface drenching and foliar spray fertilization methods -- Molecular mechanisms of selenium hyperaccumulation in Stanleya pinnata: Potential key genes SpSultr1 -- 2 and SpAPS2 -- Effect of soil pH on accumulation of native selenium by Maize (Zea mays var. L) grains grown in Uasin Gishu, Trans-Nzoia Kakamega and Kisii counties in Kenya. , Quantification, speciation and bioaccessibility of selenium from Se-rich cereals cultivated in seleniferous soils of India -- Wautersiella enshiensis sp. nov. & -- #8211 -- selenite-reducing bacterium isolated from a selenium-mining area in Enshi, China -- Selenium in Osborne fractions of Se-rich cereals and its bioaccessibility -- New insights into the multifaceted ecological and evolutionary aspects of plant selenium hyperaccumulation -- Comparative effects of selenite and selenate on growth and selenium uptake in hydroponically grown pakchoi (Brassica chinensis L.) -- Does selenium hyperaccumulation affect the plant microbiome? -- Effects of sulfur and selenium interaction on pakchoi growth and selenium accumulation -- Are all Brazil nuts selenium-rich? -- Accumulation of mercury and selenium by Oryza sativa from the vicinity of secondary copper smelters in Fuyang, Zhejiang, China -- Selenium and mycorrhiza on grass yield and selenium content -- High selenium content reduces cadmium uptake in Cardamine hupingshanesis (Brassicaceae) -- Selenium accumulation and its effects on heavy metal elements in garlic -- Effect of selenium on cadmium uptake and translocation by rice seedlings -- Selenium biofortification -- Environmental pathways and dietary intake of selenium in a selenium rich rural community in China: A natural biofortification case study -- Effects of agronomic biofortification of maize and legumes with selenium on selenium concentration and selenium recovery in two cropping systems in Malawi -- Potential roles of underutilized crops/trees in selenium nutrition in Malawi -- Necessity of biofortification with selenium of plants used as fodder and food in Romania -- The selenium content of organically produced foods in Finland -- Effects of soil selenium ore powder application on rice growth and selenium accumulation. , Agronomic biofortification of Brachiaria with selenium along with urea -- Effects of different foliar selenium-enriched fertilizers on selenium accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa) -- Using agronomic biofortification to reduce micronutrient deficiency in food crops on loess soil in China -- Effect of selenium treatment on biomass production and mineral content in common bean varieties -- Biofortification of irrigated wheat with Se fertilizer: Timing, rate, method and type of wheat -- Egg and poultry meat enrichment of selenium -- Strategies for selenium supplementation in cattle: Se-yeast or agronomic biofortification -- Selenoneine content of traditional marine foods consumed by the Inuit in Nunavik, Northern Canada -- Genotypic variation and agronomic biofortication of upland rice with selenium -- Effect of selenium fertilization on nitrogen assimilation enzymes in rice plants -- Selenium status in Brazilian soils and crops: Agronomic biofortification as a strategy to improve food quality -- Effects of selenium-enrichment on fruit ripening and senescence in mulberry trees -- Wheat biofortification: Genotypic variation and selenium fertilization in Brazil -- Improving selenium nutritional value of major crops -- The changing selenium content in vegetables and nutritional status of Chinese residents -- Selenium and nano-selenium biofortified sprouts using micro-farm systems -- The standardization of selenium biofortification in China -- The chemical form of selenium in dietary supplements -- Selenium pollution control -- Phytoremediation of selenium-contaminated soil and water -- Microbe-assisted selenium phytoremediation and phytomanagement of natural seleniferous areas -- Phytoremediation of selenium contaminated soils: strategies and limitations. , Enhanced selenium removal and lipid production from wastewater by microalgae with low-energy ion implantation.