Effect of simulated acid rain on the growth of soybean |
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| Authors: | Yoshishisa Kohno Takuya Kobayashi |
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| Institution: | 1. Biology Department, Abiko Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, 1646 Abiko, 270-11, Abiko City, Chiba, Japan
2. College of Horticulture, Chiba University, 648 Matsuda, 271, Matsudo City, Chiba, Japan
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| Abstract: | Soybean seedlings (Glycine max) grown in a glasshouse were exposed to simulated acid rain using a solution of deionized water containing sulfate, nitrate and chloride in concentrations and proportions equivalent to those in ambient rain water. Plants were subjected to acid rain treatment twice a week during the growing season, for a 1 hr period at a rate of 5 mm hr?1. When the acid rain was below pH 3.0, visible symptoms developed in the young trifoliate leaves. However, at a pH above 3.0 there was no evidence of visible leaf injury; also tissue dry weights and leaf areas were not affected even after 7 weeks of exposure. The number of root nodules in plants exposed to acid rain at pH 4.0 tended to be higher than those of control plants maintained at pH 5.6, but decreased subsequently with decreasing pH. Based on our results current ambient levels of rain acidity in Japan should not have an adverse impact on seedling growth in soybean. |
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