B. Whelan
May 1, 1993
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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Abstract
To provide a slow-release form of selenium, a barium selenate (BaSeO 4 ) fertilizer was applied to a subterranean clover pasture at two sites at Bakers Hill in Western Australia. The rate was 10 g of Se ha -1 ; this supplies Ba at 11.4 g ha -1 . The uptake of Ba in pasture and the liver, kidney cortex, and muscle tissues of sheep grazing the pasture was measured. There was no significant increase in Ba concentration in either the pasture or the sheep tissues from the BaSeO 4 application. There was however, up to a 3-fold difference in pasture concentration of Ba between the two sites. Furthermore, dry summer pasture had a 2-3 times higher concentration of Ba than the green pasture in spring