Effects of Selenium on Differentiation and Antioxidant Activity of Sclerotium of Penicillium thomii Q1 Strain

Table 1

Effect of selenium on the differentiation of Q1 strain.

Culture conditions	Time of exudate initiation (days)	Time of sclerotial initiation (days)	Time of sclerotial maturation (days)
MEA	5^Aa	6^A	13^A
MEA+Na2SeO3 3 μg/mL	6^B	9^B	17^B
MEA+Na2SeO3 6 μg/mL	6^B	9^B	17^B
MEA+Na2SeO3 10 μg/mL	7^C	10^C	18^C
MEA+SeMet 5 μg/mL	6^b	10^B	19^B
MEA+SeMet 10 μg/mL	8^C	10^B	20^C
MEA+SeMet 20 μg/mL	8^C	10^B	20^C

^aSuperscript letters within a column indicate that values followed by the same letter did not differ significantly () in Duncan’s multiple range test.