Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 159, Issue 2, Pages 408-415Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.10.034
Keywords
Cadmium (Cd); Root hairs; Root morphology; Hordeum vulgare (barley); Phosphorus
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- National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [40871153]
- Innovative Group, NSFC [30821003]
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The role of root hairs in Cd acquisition from soil was investigated in three pot experiments using a root hairless mutant (bald root barley, brb) and its wild-type (WT) cultivar of barley (Hordeum vulgare). brb had significantly lower concentrations and lower total amounts of Cd in shoots than WT. The Cd uptake efficiency based on total root length was 8-45% lower in brb than in WT. The difference between brb and WT increased with increasing extractable Cd in soil under the experimental conditions used. Additions of phosphate to soil decreased Cd extractability. Both soil and foliar additions of phosphate decreased root length, and root hair formation in WT. These effects resulted in decreased Cd uptake with increasing P supply. Cd uptake in WT correlated significantly with root length, root hair length and density, and soil extractable Cd. Root hairs contribute significantly to Cd uptake by barley. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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