“…Selenium plays protective and antioxidant role in decreasing oxidative stress caused by temperature, drought, salinity, mechanical stress, UV radiation, pathogens, and heavy metals. Also, selenium ameliorates stress by increasing the antioxidant capacity of the plant through increasing the activity of enzymatic antioxidants and nonenzymatic antioxidants (Ahangarnezhad et al., 2019; Azarmdel et al., 2020; Cartes et al., 2010; Haghighi et al., 2016; Jahanbakhshi et al., 2018, 2019, 2020; Lin et al., 2012; Momeny et al., 2020; Pandey & Gupta, 2015; Qing et al., 2015; Yao et al., 2009).…”