Effect of soil cadmium on root organic acid secretion by forage crops

Autor: Peter Bishop, Paramsothy Jeyakumar, Nilusha Ubeynarayana, Christopher Anderson, Roberto Calvelo Pereira
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). 268
ISSN: 1873-6424
Popis: The two forage species used in New Zealand pastoral agricultural systems, chicory (Cichorium intybus) and plantain (Plantago lanceolata) show differential ability to absorb and translocate cadmium (Cd) from roots to shoots. Chicory can accumulate Cd from even low Cd soils to levels that might exceed regulatory guidelines for Cd in fodder crops and food. Chicory and plantain were grown in soil-filled rhizocolumns under increasing Cd levels (0 (Control), 0.4, 0.8 and 1.6 mg Cd/kg soil) for 60 days and showed variable secretion of oxalic, fumaric, malic and acetic acids as a function of Cd treatment. Plant roots secrete such Low Molecular Weight Organic Acids into the rhizosphere soil, which can influence Cd uptake. Chicory showed significantly (P
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