The effect of different compounds and concentrations of selenium (Se) (selenite, selenate in concentrations 5 mg/L, 10 mg/L in 15 mg/L) and combination of selenite and selenate in concentration 5 mg/L on selected physiological, biochemical and morphological properties of spinach were studied. Plants were grown in experimental field and were foliary sprayed with different solutions of selenate, selenite and their combination. Control plants were not treated. We measured the content of chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, carotenoids, anthocyanins, UV-A and UV-B absorbing compounds, photochemical efficiency of photosystem II, activity of electron transport system, specific leaf area, water content in leaves and aboveground part of plants, wet and dry mass of aboveground part of plants, mass and number of plants. The effect of different selenium compunds and their combination in different concentrations on plants were different, or there were no effect on measured parameters. Used treatments did not induce stress to spinach plants.
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