Screening for low grain cadmium phenotypes in sunflower, durum wheat and flax |
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Authors: | Yin-Ming Li Rufus L Chaney Albert A Schneiter Jerry F Miller Elias M Elias James J Hammond |
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Institution: | (1) USDA-ARS Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, 20705, U.S.A;(2) Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58105, U.S.A;(3) USDA-ARS, Northern Crops Science Laboratory, Fargo, ND, 58105, U.S.A |
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Abstract: | Cadmium (Cd) level in nonoilseed sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), flax (Linum usitatissimum L.), and durum wheat (Triticum
turgidum L. var. durum) grown on uncontaminated, alkaline soils has exceeded limits established in Northern Europe. Separate
field experiments were conducted to investigate variability of grain Cd levels among sunflower, durum wheat and flax germplasm,
and to seek an efficient screening method for future breeding. There were large variations in leaf Cd concentration among
200 sunflower lines. These lines performed more consistently for Cd uptake at the R5 stage than at the V8 stage across 4 locations
with markedly differing soils. Cd concentration in V8 leaves was not related to Cd in grain. The positive correlation between
R5 leaf Cd and kernel Cd level was obtained from nonoilseed hybrid (Sigco 954) (R2; = 0.74**), and 200 lines (R2 = 0.44**) tested over 4 locations in 2 field trials, respectively. This indicates that an efficient and low cost screening
method can be developed for genotype selection, but plants must be grown to the R5 stage. A preliminary evaluation of 30 durum
wheat and 74 flax lines indicated large variations in grain Cd level of durum wheat and flax. Grain Cd concentration ranged
from 0.11 to 0.34 mg Cd kg-1 DW for durum wheat, and 0.14 to 1.37 mg Cd kg-1 DW for flax, respectively. This variability indicates that breeding for low grain Cd in durum wheat and flax should be feasible.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | breeding cadmium low Cd germplasm soil series |
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