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Most of plant growth regulators are known to alleviate negative effects of osmotic stress on crop growth. To evaluate the effects of cycocel (CCC), as a growth regulator, on crop seed germination, early growth, and vegetative growth under osmotic stress conditions, a study was conducted under controlled conditions. Six crops, wheat, barley, maize, sunflower, safflower, and rapeseed were grown under five osmotic potentials (0, as non-stress, ?0.5, ?1.0, ?1.5, and ?2.0 MPa), which were raised from seeds treated with three CCC concentrations (0, 2.5, and 3.5 g l?1). Reduced germination, seedling and vegetative growth as well as enhanced leaf free proline and chlorophyll content index were observed under osmotic stress. The extent of these changes depended on the type of the used crops. Priming with optimum CCC concentration mitigated to great extent stress-induced adverse effects on these crops. The positive effect of CCC priming on wheat, maize, and rapeseed was observed only at moderate osmotic levels, whereas on barley and safflower the priming effects were found in all levels of osmotic stress. However, sunflower did not respond to CCC priming treatments which might have been due to its thick achene coat. CCC priming was found to be effective in diverting a major proportion of assimilates to root, because root to shoot dry weight ratio increased due to CCC application under all osmotic stress regimes. Since barley and safflower were found to be most responsive to CCC priming, further research for better understanding of mechanisms of CCC priming on their germination and vegetative growth is recommended.  相似文献   

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Silicon (Si) is considered a beneficial element for plants due to the far-reaching benefits it confers, including enhanced growth, yield, and crop quality, as well as stress resistance. In this study, we evaluated the effect of Si during germination and initial growth (0.0, 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5?mM Si) and during vegetative growth (0, 1, 2, or 3?mM Si) in rice (Oryza sativa) cv. Morelos A-98. Si did not affect germination but stimulated seedling height, root length, number of roots, as well as fresh and dry biomass weight of shoots and roots during initial growth. During vegetative growth, the application of 3?mM Si significantly increased the chlorophyll a/chlorophyll b ratio, but no major changes were observed either in growth or in concentrations of most nutrients, with the exception of Ca (which increased with 3?mM Si), and B and Zn (which decreased in the presence of Si). In conclusion, applying Si had positive effects during the initial stage of growth, increasing seedling height, root length, root number, and fresh and dry biomass weight. Under our experimental conditions, Si did not affect germination and vegetative growth, but increased Ca concentrations and decreased B and Zn concentrations.  相似文献   

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of induced drought conditions and phosphorous (P) application on osmotic adjustment as reflected in the accumulation of organic solutes in the leaves of frijolillo. The experiment took place under greenhouse conditions without climate control. Plastic containers were used measuring 20 cm high × 15 cm in diameter. In each container, five plants were evaluated from emergence to vegetative growth phase. Three soil moisture regimes were evaluated (25%, 50%, and 100% of field capacity) combined with four concentrations of phosphorous (0, 50,100 and 150 mg kg?1 of soil). A completely randomized block design with a factorial arrangement of 3×4 with four replications was used. The cellular osmotic adjustment as a response to drought stress in frijolillo was associated with the accumulation of sugars, amino acids and proline in that higher concentrations than the control were measured with moisture at 25%. Concentrations of chlorophyll and carotene increased as soil moisture levels decreased.  相似文献   

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Leaf chlorophyll content is closely related to leaf nitrogen (N) content, so it is reasonable to assume that ammonium‐N (NH4‐N): nitrate‐N (NO3‐N) ratio in the nutrient solution used to grow tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) hydroponically may affect leaf greenness, and consequently chlorophyll meter (SPAD) readings. It has also been shown that increasing nutrient solution strength (NSS) increases tomato productivity, but there are no reports regarding how NSS affects SPAD readings under greenhouse conditions. Genotype may also influence SPAD readings, and standardization for cultivar and sampling time may be needed. The objective of this study was to characterize SPAD readings for five tomato cultivars and SPAD reading response to a combination of two NSS (1X and 4X Steiner solution strength daily applied 18 days after transplanting at 7 p.m.) and two concentrations of NH4‐N in solution (0 and 25%) in order to evaluate the potential of SPAD readings as a tomato yield predictor in greenhouse production systems. The SPAD readings were not uniform across tomato varieties tested, being consistently higher for ‘Max’ and lower for the other varieties. Initially, SPAD readings for tomato varieties used in this study were low at the vegetative stage, and increased up to 40 DAT, but subsequently decreased at 49 DAT, or the fruit set of the first and second clusters. After this time, SPAD readings showed no variation. Chlorophyll meter readings for ‘Max’ were higher in the top plant layers, but decreased in the top plant layer of the other tomato varieties. The SPAD readings were higher for plants supplied with 25% NH4‐N than those without NH4‐N in solution, but the use of a nighttime nutrient solution did not affect SPAD readings. None of the possible interactions among tomato variety, NH4‐N: NO3‐N ratio, and NSS were consistently significant.  相似文献   

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Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) line, Saline Agriculture Research Center line 1 (SARC), was selected in a salinity tolerance improvement program at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. In this study we compared SARC with Pothowar which is a common wheat cultivar grown in the same region, in order to study the mechanism of salinity tolerance in the SARC line. Two wheat lines were planted in pots and were subjected to salt stress by daily application of a 200 mM NaCI solution for 30 d during the vegetative growth stage. Dry weight of plant parts, leaf area, leaf water status, and solute concentrations in the cell sap of the leaf tissues were determined at 13 and 30 d after initiation of the stress treatment. Decrease in the plant dry weight and leaf area due to salt stress was more pronounced in Pothowar than in SARC, indicating that SARC was more tolerant to salinity. SARC maintained a higher turgor at low leaf water potentials and showed a higher capacity of osmotic adjustment compared to Pothowar. Major osmotic a that increased by salinity in order to maintain a lower osmotic potential in the two lines were Na+, Cl-, K+, and glycinebetaine. Increase in the concentrations of Na+, Cl-, and glycinebetaine was much higher in SARC than in Pothower. These results suggested that the SARC line had a physiological mechanism that conferred a higher salinity tolerance.  相似文献   

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《Journal of plant nutrition》2013,36(10):2129-2142
ABSTRACT

Leaf chlorophyll content is closely related to leaf nitrogen (N) content, so it is reasonable to assume that NH4–N:NO3–N ratio in the nutrient solution used to grow tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) hydroponically may affect leaf greenness, and consequently chlorophyll meter (SPAD) readings. It has also been shown that increasing nutrient solution strength (NSS) increases tomato productivity, but there are no reports regarding how NSS affects SPAD readings under greenhouse conditions. Genotype may also influence SPAD readings, and standardization for cultivar and sampling time may be needed. The objective of this study was to characterize SPAD readings for five tomato cultivars, and SPAD reading response to a combination of two nutrient solutions strength (NSS) (1X and 4X Steiner solution strength daily applied 18 days after transplanting at 7 p.m.) and two concentrations of NH4–N in solution (0 and 25%) in order to evaluate the potential of SPAD readings as a tomato yield predictor in greenhouse production systems. The SPAD readings were not uniform across tomato varieties tested, being consistently higher for “Max” and lower for the other varieties. Initially, SPAD readings for tomato varieties used in this study were low at the vegetative stage, and increased up to 40 days after transplant (DAT), but subsequently decreased at 49 DAT, or the fruit set of the first and second clusters. After this time, SPAD readings showed no variation. Chlorophyll meter readings for Max were higher in the top plant layers, but decreased in the top plant layer of the other tomato varieties. The SPAD readings were higher for plants supplied with 25% NH4–N than those without NH4–N in solution, but the use of a nighttime nutrient solution did not affect SPAD readings. None of the possible interactions among tomato variety, NH4–N:NO3–N ratio, and NSS were consistently significant. SAPD readings may be useful in monitoring low or high supply of N in greenhouse grown tomato plants.  相似文献   

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The influence of isoosmotic Lutrol- and salt solutions upon the chlorophyll-concentration and chlorophyll a/b ratio of Phaseolus vulgaris The behaviour of the chlorophyll status of Phaseolus vulgaris was studied under the influence of different isoosmotic Lutrol and salt solutions in the root medium. Phaseolus seedlings, 12 days old, were raised in a nutrient solution containing isoosmotic concentrations of 0.54 (control); 1.26; 2.82 and 4.68 atm. created by either Lutrol or salts (40% chlorine, 60% sulfate). An increase in the osmotic pressure of the primary and normal leaves generally paralleled the increase in the osmotic pressure of the media with a more pronounced effect in the case of salts than in Lutrol. Mean values of osmotic pressure of both primary and normal leaves during the sampling period were 6.19; 10.35 and 12.98 atm. for control, Lutrol III and salt III respectively. Increasing the osmotic pressure of the media due to salts resulted in a significant decrease of the chlorophyll content of primary leaves (mean value during the sampling period: Cont.: 19.8 μg/cm2; salt II: 12.7 μ/cm2; salt III: 6.3 μg/cm2), accompanied with a decreasing tendency in the chlorophyll a/b ratio. Such effect was only detectable in the case of the highest Lutrol concentration at the end of the experiment. However, the mean values of the sampling period did not show any significant variation from those of controls (Lutrol II: 18.9 μg/cm2; Lutrol III: 16.1 μg/cm2). Both types of osmoticum decreased remarkably the total chlorophyll amount of normal leaves. This behaviour resulted more clearly from a reduction in the leaf area than from the decrease in the chlorophyll concentration. The mechanism of plant response to changes in the osmotic pressure of the medium seemed to depend mainly on the type of osmoticum affecting such variations. In general the changes in the osmotic pressure created by salts affected both mature and developing leaves i.e. primary and normal leaves respectively, whereas such changes in the case of Lutrol affected mainly the latter organs.  相似文献   

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Three vegetative rootstocks of plum (Prunus domestica), Marianna GF 8-1 (Prunus cerasifera × munsoniana), Myrobolan B (P. Cerasifera) and Pixy (P. Insititia) were grown in pots containing sand and irrigated with complete nutrient solution to investigate the effect of calcium sulfate supplied to the nutrient solution on plants grown under salt stress. Treatments were (1) control (C): nutrient solution alone; (2) S (salinity stress): 40 mM NaCl; (3) S+Ca1: 40 mM NaCl +2.5 mM calcium (Ca) and (4) S+Ca2: 40 mM NaCl + 5 mM Ca. Calcium was supplied as CaSO4. The plants grown under 40 mol L?1 NaCl produced less dry matter and had lower chlorophyll content than those without NaCl. Supplementary CaSO4 at both 2.5 and 5 mM concentrations ameliorated the negative effects of salinity on plant dry matter and chlorophyll content. Salt treatment impaired membrane permeability by increasing electrolyte leakage. The addition of calcium sulfate partially maintained membrane permeability. Sodium (Na) concentration in plant tissues increased in both leaves and roots of plants under the high NaCl treatment. Pixy had much lower Na. The CaSO4 treatments lowered significantly the concentrations of Na in both leaves and roots. Pixy was more tolerant to salinity than the other two rootstocks. The accumulation of Na in leaves and roots indicates a possible mechanism whereby Pixy copes with salinity in the rooting medium, and/or may indicate the existence of an inhibition mechanism of Na transport to leaves. Concentrations of Ca and K were lower in the plants grown at high NaCl than in those under the control treatment, and these two element concentrations were increased by calcium sulfate treatments in both leaves and roots, but remained lower than control values in most cases.  相似文献   

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Tolerance of gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii L.) to long-term sodium chloride (NaCl) salt stress was evaluated by subjecting plants to 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 mM NaCl levels for ten weeks. Increased NaCl led to a significant decrease in leaf and stem biomass. Salt stress significantly affected sodium (Na+), potassium (K+) concentrations in leaves, stems and roots leading to sharp declines in K+/Na+ ratios. Magnesium concentrations in stems and roots also showed significant declines. Adverse effect of salt stress on chlorophyll content was also significant. Proline seemed less effective in osmotic adjustment under long-term high salt stress. Switching from vegetative to reproductive growth phase was crucial for certain physiological functions. Leaf Na+ concentration showed significant correlation with important traits. These data suggest that NaCl threshold level in irrigation water for gerbera is around 10 mM. Leaf fresh weight, chlorophyll content and leaf K+/Na+ ratio are promising indicators of salt-sensitivity of gerbera.  相似文献   

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Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for greenhouse-grown lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.); however, excessive nutrient availability causes disease and detrimental effects on the leaf and root development. In this study, nitrogen content of the lettuce leaves was estimated by determining the chlorophyll concentrations of the leaves using image processing technique. The Hoagland solution was used as a fertilizer in five different doses (control, quarter of the solution, half of the solution, standard solution, and two times more of the solution). Multilayer perceptron neural network (MLPNN) model was developed based on the red, green, and blue components of the color image captured to estimate chlorophyll content and chlorophyll concentration index (SPAD values). According to the obtained results, the MLPNN model was capable of estimating the lettuce leaf chlorophyll content with a reasonable accuracy. The coefficient of determination was 0.98, and mean square error was 0.006 in validation process.  相似文献   

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The changes in allomerized chlorophyll during the growth and development of the olive fruit as well as during the main operations of its processing as green table olive (alkaline treatment and lactic fermentation) were investigated to study their influence in the color alteration known as green staining (GS). Chlorophyll synthesis coincided in time with the maximum content in allomerized intermediates, weeks before the fruits were harvested for processing. The alkaline treatment caused a subsequent chlorophyll oxidation independent of the high or low initial content of allomerized chlorophylls. However, this oxidation was directly related with the oxidizing capacity of the alkaline solution and the cell deterioration caused. The later maintenance of the fruits in osmotic solutions at different pHs that reproduce the pH reduction caused by the lactic fermentation showed that at pH below 4.5 the insertion of Cu into the chlorophyll molecule was produced in certain fruits; the extent of this reaction was greatest when the prior formation of oxidized chlorophylls exceeded 23%. This apparent relationship between chlorophyll oxidation and copper chlorophyll complexes was investigated in table olives with GS alteration.  相似文献   

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Salinity stress leads to various biochemical changes in plants. Biochar (BC) is a soil amendment that is derived from pyrolyzed organic materials. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of BC on growth and some biochemical characteristics of summer savory (Satureja hortensis L.) under NaCl stress at two different growth stages. So, a pot factorial experiment based on completely randomized design was performed that comprised three levels of BC (0, 1 and 2% w/w of soil) and four NaCl levels (0, 40, 80 and 120 mM) with four replications. According to the results, by increasing the NaCl concentration chlorophyll a, b, total chlorophyll, carotenoid and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) decreased, whereas antioxidant activity, total soluble sugar and phenolic contents increased. The use of BC (especially 2% w/w of soil) under NaCl stress had the greatest effects on studied traits at the vegetative and flowering stages and significantly increased chlorophyll a, b, total chlorophyll, carotenoid and PPO activity. The results of this experiment confirmed the view that each stage of growth responses differently to NaCl stress and the use of BC due to sorption of NaCl and increasing osmotic adjustment can lead to summer savory protection against NaCl stress.  相似文献   

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Magnesium (Mg) deficiency reduces yield and quality of crops as Mg is involved in carbohydrate and protein anabolism. Foliar application of MgSO4 represents a means of ameliorating the nutritional status of crops growing under conditions of deficiency. Foliar Mg application has been demonstrated to increase the chlorophyll concentration and vegetative yield of plants. However, in crop plants used for seed production, the limited number of available studies provides only conflicting results in terms of the efficiency of Mg leaf application on yield and quality. We have examined the effect of increasing Mg foliar application rates on differentially developed leaves and leaf stages with regards to Mg concentration, chlorophyll concentration and biomass formation. Our data reveal that in order to obtain significant effects MgSO4 concentrations in the spraying solution should be higher than 50 mM, as lower concentrations did not lead to significant changes in the vegetative or generative material. Positive effects of the foliar application on chlorophyll concentration and leaf area were only measured in leaves treated with 200 mM foliar MgSO4. The application of Mg did not affect the parameters chlorophyll, ion concentration and leaf area in the newly developing leaves, but it had an important influence with regard to yield traits, especially on the formation of pods. The quality of the seeds with regard to the protein concentration was reduced in response to the magnesium deficiency treatment, but the application of foliar magnesium prevented a significant loss of protein.  相似文献   

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The growth and production of miniature dwarf tomato selection Lycopersicon esculentum ’Micro‐Tom’ plants grown from seedling to harvest in solution batph culture’ at four different NaCl salinity levels (2.4 [control, no NaCl], 7.6, 12.8, or 18 dS‐m‐1 solution conductivities) was monitored. Incremental reductions in canopy extent and shoot area of ‘Micro‐Tom’ were observed with increasing solution NaCl level. Root growth and shoot height were somewhat less responsive to imposed salinity. Fruit number, fruit size, and leaf tissue osmotic potential decreased as NaCl concentration increased. Fruit yield was highly correlated with total canopy and shoot area, but not with tissue osmotic or total water potential. ‘Micro‐Tom’ plants survived and continued fruit production at higher salinity levels despite reduced canopy growth. Treatment effects on vegetative growth and fruit production became more pronounced later in the growth cycle.  相似文献   

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Higher greenhouse tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) yield is obtained by using 25% of NH4‐N in solution compared to using NO3‐N as the sole nitrogen (N) source. However, blossom‐end rot (BER) may occur in tomato fruit when NH4‐N was present in nutrient solutions. High nutrient solution strengths improve tomato fruit quality, but can also increase BER. Two NH4‐N concentrations in solution (0 and 25%), and two nighttime solution strengths (NSS) (1X and 4X Steiner solution strength applied at 7 p.m.) were used to grow five indeterminate type greenhouse tomato cultivars: Caruso, Jumbo, Match, Max, and Trust. A significant interaction occurred between NH4‐N concentration and NSS factors: 0% NH4‐N and high NSS increased marketable yield and fruit:whole plant ratio, and reduced BER. In contrast, a concentration of 25% NH4‐N and high NSS reduced marketable yield and the fruit:whole plant ratio, and increased BER incidence. Max, Match, and Trust tomato cultivars produced high marketable yield and high dry weight of stem and leaves, but were susceptible to BER. Use of NH4‐N in solution reduced vegetative growth, and high NSS increased stem and leaf dry weight of the tomato plants. Fruit firmness was greater for the Max cultivar, and was unaffected by NH4‐N and NSS at the mature green, breaker, and red ripe fruit development stages. However, at the fully ripe stage, fruit firmness was higher with high NSS and with 25% NH4‐N.  相似文献   

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An experiment was conducted to assess whether accumulation of photosynthetic pigments, proline, and maintenance of water relation attributes relate to the yield of maize hybrids differing in salt tolerance. Two maize hybrids, Pioneer32B33 and Dekalb979, were grown at three salinity levels under four nitrogen treatments. The experiment was laid out in a three-factor randomized complete block design and there were three replications of each treatment. Salt stress significantly decreased leaf chlorophyll a and a/b contents, whereas chlorophyll b and total chlorophyll were slightly increased. Under salinity stress, relative water content decreased, and water potential and osmotic potential become more negative. As a result, turgor potential also decreased. Nitrogen application improved all the chlorophyll pigments, water-related attributes, and yield components. However, chlorophyll a/b ratio was decreased. Overall, because of the differential response of maize hybrids to salt stress in terms of their performance in photosynthetic pigments, water relations, and yield, it can be concluded that hybrid Pioneer32B33 might perform better, if grown under salinity regime and sufficient nitrogen was applied in the growth medium.  相似文献   

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The effects of zirconium (Zr) were investigated on the growth rate, dry matter accumulation, and elemental and photosynthetic pigment composition of Chlorella pyrenoidosa green algae. Algae were treated with 0.1–50 μM (≈ 0.009–4.561 mg dm?3) of Zr; inorganic compounds (Zr oxychloride, Zr nitrate) and organic chelates (Zr ascorbate or Zr citrate) were applied. All Zr compounds displayed only a slight insignificant inhibitory effect on the growth rate of algae. Treatment of algae with 1 μM Zr (as Zr ascorbate, a water soluble pH stable chelate) slightly stimulated and 5–50 μM Zr slightly inhibited the dry matter accumulation of Chlorella. Zirconium concentration in the nutrient solution decreased rapidly during the algae propagation, and Chlorella cells accumulated significant amounts of Zr. In the case of 1 μM Zr (Zr ascorbate) treatment, 60.6 μg g?1 Zr was found in the washed cells; after 50 μM Zr application this value was 441 μg g?1 Zr. Zirconium treatment reduced the P, Mg, Cu, and Ti concentrations in algae cells, and the concentration of Fe, Mn, and partly Zn was enhanced. Chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, xanthophyll, and carotenoid concentrations were equally reduced by 13–33% in Zr-treated cultures. Zirconium treatment changed the chlorophyll a:chlorophyll b ratio and caused appearance of several new chlorophyll derivatives in Chlorella.  相似文献   

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Seedlings of Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato) were grown in culture solution under different light intensities to study the effect of zinc on growth, development, leaf chlorophyll and leaf zinc concentrations, and chlorqplast thylakoid and soluble proteins in relation to light intensity. Compared with control plants, growth, development, and leaf zinc concentration of zinc‐deficient plants were depressed under high light intensity, but unaffected under low light intensity. Zinc deficiency decreased chlorophylla (46.7%) and chlorophyllb (52.4%) contents and increased the chlorophyll a/b ratio vinder high light intensity, but had no effect under low light intensity. Results of sns‐polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of chloroplast thylakoid and soluble proteins showed that the effects of zinc and light on chloroplast proteins were general rather than specific to selected proteins.  相似文献   

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The influence of soil redox potential on the uptake of nickel and cadmium from three soils was studied in a pot experiment with oat (Avena sativa L. cv. Pirol) and rye-grass (Lolium multiflorum L. cv. Lema). The soils used were a Luvisol (naturally low in Ni and Cd), a sewage-sludge amended Luvisol (anthropogenic enrichment of Ni and Cd) and a Cambisol (naturally high in Ni and Cd). Nickel and Cd supplied in sewage-sludge amendments were several times more available for plant uptake than those present naturally in the soil. Short term decreases in soil redox potential, as a result of soil flooding, had little effect on the availability of Ni and Cd from sludge amended soils, but resulted in a substantial increase in Ni and Cd availability in the soil naturally high in Ni and Cd. In general, increases in soil solution concentrations of Ni and Cd, due to sludge amendment or changes in soil redox potential, resulted in increased Ni and Cd concentrations in the aerial parts of plants. Nickel concentrations in the grain of oat increased with increasing Ni concentration in the soil solution, whereas grain Cd concentrations did not. In contrast, Cd concentrations in vegetative parts of both oat and rye-grass were strongly affected by soil type and sludge-amendment. In all treatments Ni concentrations in the grain were much higher than in the vegetative parts, whereas Cd concentrations were always higher in vegetative parts than in the grain. Tissue Ni concentrations correlated well with DTPA extractable soil Ni but only poorly with total soil Ni. Differences in the availability and uptake of Ni and Cd in response to soil type, environmental conditions and plant species suggest that the use of total soil-metal content to regulate the use of sewage sludge on agricultural land is inappropriate.  相似文献   

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This study was conducted to investigate the effect of Trichoderma harzianum (T22) on the growth and development of maize (Zea mays) plants. T. harzianum was applied to the grains in two different treatments, either by inoculating the soil with air-dried mycelia of T. harzianum or by treating the seeds with different concentrations of the metabolic solution (as the culture supernatant of T. harzianum) before sowing. Comparisons were made between the two treatments to determine if any beneficial effects for improving the growth of maize plants occurred. Results revealed that application of the highest concentration of air-dried mycelia and all concentrations of the metabolic solution of T. harzianum caused increases in all measured parameters which include growth parameters, chlorophyll content, starch content, nucleic acids content, total protein content and phytohormone content of maize plants but the magnitude of these increases was much more pronounced in case of treating the seeds with the metabolic solution of T. harzianum.  相似文献   

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