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PLANT AND SOIL
Volume 300, Issue 1-2, Pages 105-115Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9393-3
Keywords
cadmium; iron plaque; oryza sativa; phosphorus; zinc
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Rice seedlings were grown in hydroponic culture to determine the effects of external Zn and P supply on plant uptake of Cd in the presence or absence of iron plaque on the root surfaces. Iron plaque was induced by supplying 50 mg l(-1) Fe2+ in the nutrient solution for 2 day. Then 43-day-old seedlings were exposed to 10 mu mol l(-1) Cd together with 10 mu mol l(-1) Zn or without Zn (Zn-Cd experiment), or to 10 mu mol l(-1) Cd with 1.0 mu mol l(-1) P or without P (P-Cd experiment) for another 2 day. The seedlings were then harvested and the concentrations of Fe, Zn, P and Cd in dithionite-citrate-bicarbonate (DCB) extracts and in roots and shoots were determined. The dry weights of roots and shoots of seedlings treated with50 mg l(-1) Fe were significantly lower than when no Fe was supplied. Adsorption of Cd, Zn and P on the iron plaque increased when Fe was supplied but Cd concentrations in DCB extracts were unaffected by external Zn or P supply levels. Cd concentrations in shoots and roots were lower when Fe was supplied. Zn additions decreased Cd concentrations in roots but increased Cd concentrations in shoots, whereas P additions significantly increased shoot and root Cd concentrations and this effect diminished when Fe was supplied. The percentage of Cd in DCB extracts was significantly lower than in roots or shoots, accounting for up to 1.8-3.8% of the plant total Cd, while root and shoot Cd were within the ranges 57-76% and 21-40% respectively in the two experiments. Thus, the main barrier to Cd uptake seemed to be the root tissue and the contribution of iron plaque on root surfaces to plant Cd uptake was minor. The changes in plant Cd uptake were not due to Zn or P additions altering Cd adsorption on iron plaque, but more likely because Zn or P interfered with Cd uptake by the roots and translocation to the shoots.
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