Journal
PLANT SOIL AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 56, Issue 1, Pages 43-50Publisher
CZECH ACADEMY AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
DOI: 10.17221/148/2009-PSE
Keywords
spring wheat; brassinosteroids; copper; cadmium; lead; zinc
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- Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic [MSM 6046070901]
- Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic [QH 92111]
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Spring wheat var. Vanek was cultivated in pots in a soil naturally contaminated with heavy metals. Experimental plants were treated with three different types of brassinosteroids (BRs; 24-epibrassinolide, 24-epicastasterone and 4154) during two different growth stages 29-31 DC (off shooting) and 59-60 DC (beginning of anthesis). Content of heavy metals (Cu, Cd, Pb and Zn) was determined using AAS method in the plant growth stages 47-49 DC (visible awns), 73-75 DC (30-50% of final grain size) and 90-92 DC (full ripeness). At the stages 47-49 DC and 73-75 DC, the content of the heavy metals was determined in the biomass of whole plants, while at the stage 90-92 DC it was determined separately in straw and grains. After the treatment of plants with Us a decrease in heavy metals content was observed in the growth stage 73-75 DC (i.e. during the period when the plants are harvested for ensilage purposes. Likewise, a decrease of lead content in the grains by 70-74% in the plants treated at both stages 29-31 DC and 59-60 DC and by 48-70% in the plants of the third group (plants treated at stage 59-60 DC) was determined as compared with the untreated plants.
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