pH对土壤重金属吸附动力学的影响

The pH effect on the sorption kinetics of heavy metals in soils was studied using a constant flow leaching method. The soil samples were red soil collected from Yingtan, Jiangxi, and yellow-brown soil from Nanjing, Jiangsu. The heavy metals tested were zinc and cadmium. Assuming that the experimental data fitted to the following kinetic rate equation: 1/c·dx/dt = kx_∞-kx, the rate constant k of sorption could be determined from the slope of the straight line by plotting of 1/c·dx/dt vs. x. The results showed that the pH effect on the rate constants of heavy mental sorption in soils was very significant. The values of k decreased with increasing pH. The sorptions were more sensitive to pH in red soil than in yellow-brown soil.     

玉米秸秆应用和腐化对钙质苏打土改良的影响: 实验室试验研究

A laboratory lysimeter experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of forage corn (Zea mays L.) stalk application on the CO₂ concentration in soil air and calcareous sodic soil reclamation. The experimental treatments tested were soil exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) levels of 1, 11, and 19, added corn stalk contents of 0 to 36 g kg^-1, and incubation durations of 30 and 60 days. The experimental results indicated that corn stalk application and incubation significantly increased CO₂ partial pressure in soil profile and lowered pH value in soil solution, subsequently increased native CaCO₃ mineral dissolution and electrolyte concentration of soil solution, and finally significantly contributed to reduction on soil sodicity level. The reclamation effciency of calcareous sodic soils increased with the added corn stalk. When corn stalks were added at the rates of 22 and 34 g kg^-1 into the soil with initial ESP of 19, its ESP value was decreased by 56% and 78%, respectively, after incubation of 60 days and the leaching of 6.5 pore volumes (about 48 L of percolation water) with distilled water. Therefore, crop stalk application and incubation could be used as a choice to reclaim moderate calcareous sodic soils or as a supplement of phytoremediation to improve reclamation effciency.     

Pb-Zn交互作用对红壤微生物生物量的影响

A laboratory incubation experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of lead and zinc applied alone or in various combinations on the size of microbial biomass in a red soil. Treatments included the application of lead at six different levels i. e., 0 (background), 100, 200, 300, 450 and 600 g g^-1 soil along with each of the four levels of zinc (0, 50, 150 or 250 g g^-1 soil). Application of lead or zinc alone to soil significantly (P < 0. 001) affected the soil microbial biomass. The microbial biomass carbon (C_mic), biomass nitrogen (N_mic) and biomass phosphorus (P_mic) decreased sharply in soils contaminated with lead or zinc. Combined application of lead and zinc resulted in a greater biocidal effect on soil microbial biomass, which was significantly higher (P < 0. 001) than that when either lead or zinc was applied alone. Consistent increase in the biomass C: N and decline in the biomass C:P ratios were also observed with the increased metal (Pb and Zn) toxicity in the soil.     

用熏蒸提取法校正酸性红壤的KEC值

Commonly used K_EC value (0.45) of the fumigation-extraction (FE) method was obtained on the basis of temperate neutral soils. To ascertain its applicability to acidic red soils widespread in southern China and other subtropical regions, the K_EC value was investigated based on 8 acidic red soils by in situ labelling of native soil microorganisms using ¹⁴C-labelled glucose. Realistic K_EC value for red soils could be obtained by in situ ¹⁴C-labelling as long as an incubation period of 72 h is adopted after addition of ¹⁴C glucose to soil. The single K_EC values for the eight red soils ranged from 0.27 to 0.35 and averaged 0.31. Lower K_EC value obtained in red soils probably resulted from different soil quality, compared with other types of soil, which causes possible changes in microbial community structure and extractability of cellular component. Microbial biomass C contents of the eight red soils measured using a unique and constant K_EC value of 0.45 decreased by 22.2%~40% in comparison to those using variable K_EC values. The results suggest that microbial biomass C would be significantly underestimated using the present K_EC value and a calibration of the K_EC value is necessary for red soils.     

华中地区旱地氮素矿化的能力

Nitrogen mineralization potentials of 15 soil samples were studied by the methods of soil aerobic incubation, and the correlation between the potentials and the amounts of nitrogen taken up by rye grass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) in pot culture was calculated. The soils were collected from Hubei Province in Central China. Soil nitrogen mineralization potentials (N_O) were calculated and optimized by a quick-BASIC program. N_O ranged from 60 mg kg^-1 to 340 mg kg^-1, which accounted for 9.1% to 34.6% of the total nitrogen content. Among the examined soils, yellow-brown soil collected from Wuhan had the largest N_O and brown-red soil from Xianning had the smallest one. The mineralization rate constants (k) ranged from 0.00556 d^-1 to 0.01280 d^-1, in average 0.00882 d^-1. Chao soil from Wuhan had the greatest k while yellow-cinnamon soil from Zhaoyang had the smallest one. There were apparent differences between mineralization parameters (N_O and k) optimized and non-optimized ones. Optimized N_O had a better correlation than non-optimized N_O with the amount of nitrogen accumulated in the aerial parts of rye grass. N_O, N_O × k and N_t(accumulated mineralized nitrogen within time t) could be used as indexes of soil nitrogen supply. Among them N_t was the best, which was significantly correlated with the amounts of nitrogen accumulated in the aerial parts of rye grass harvested at three different times.     

氯离子在土壤中的扩散: Ⅱ.动力学及热力学性质

The amounts of chloride ions diffused in four soils of different textures at the same water content under different temperature and at varied time were measured by the diffusion cell method using ³⁶Cl-labelled CaCl₂ solution. Five kinetic models were used to fit the dynamic process of the diffusion of chloride ions in the soils. It was found that Elovich equation or power function equation was the best model to describe the process. The pseudothermodynamic parameters, i.e. the net reaction energy, the activation entropy, activation enthalpy and activation free energy of the diffusion, were derived from the absolute reaction-rate theory. The results showed that these parameters decreased in the order of loessal soil > black lu soil > lou soil > yellow cinnamon soil, which indicated that the force and the heat-energy barrier to be overcome for diffusion decreased, the diffusion rate increased and the disorder of the soil-solution-ion system due to diffusion decreased successively with the texture becoming heavier in the four soils.     

七种钾释放动力学方程的比较和动力学参数的应用

Batch equilibrium experiments were conducted to investigate cadmium （Cd） sorption by two permanent-charge soils, a yellow-cinnamon soil and a yellow-brown soil, and two variable-charge soils, a red soil and a latosol, with addition of selected organic acids （acetate, tartrate, and citrate）. Results showed that with an increase in acetate concentrations from 0 to 3.0 mmol L^-1, Cd sorption percentage by the yellow-cinnamon soil, the yellow-brown soil, and the latosol decreased. The sorption percentage of Cd by the yellow-clnnamon soil and generally the yellow-brown soil （permanent-charge soils） decreased with an increase in tartrate concentration, but increased at low tartrate concentrations for the red soil and the latosol. Curves of percentage of Cd sorption for citrate were similar to those for tartrate. For the variable-charge soils with tartrate and citrate, there were obvious peaks in Cd sorption percentage. These peaks, where organic acids had maximum influence, changed with soil type, and were at a higher organic acid concentration for the variable-charge soils than for the permanent charge soils. Addition of cadmium after tartrate adsorption resulted in higher sorption increase for the varlable-charge soils than permanent-charge soils. When tartrate and Cd solution were added together, sorption of Cd decreased with tartrate concentration for the yellow-brown soil, but increased at low tartrate concentrations and then decreased with tartrate concentration for the red soil and the latosol.     

中国暖温带地区的淀积粘化土氧化物特征

Studies of seven typical soil profiles showed that in the argillic soils derived from loess in the warm temperate zone of China all the oxides of Fe, Mn, Al and Si were enriched with the accumulation of clay fraction in the profiles. But owing to the influence of oxidation-reduction process, the migration velocity of Fe and Mn was faster than that of clay. The free degrees of those metals were in the sequence Mn>Fe>Al, which reflected their different chemical activities in soil. In soils at the same level of development, the free degree of iron and its activity, the free degree of Al, Alo/Alt× 100, SiO₂/R₂O₃, Sio/Sit× 100, and the magnetic susceptibility were relatively close to each other respectively. It might be considered that both the free degrees of Fe and Al and Alo/Alt× 100 could serve as the distinctive indexes for argillic soils in warm temperate zone. The paleoclimate corresponding to the fifth layer of paleosol (s₅) in Luochuan, Shaanxi was warmer and more humid than the present, and the paleoecological landscape approximated to today's bioclimatic belt between the temperate deciduous broadleaved forest and the semiarid forest types. The Mössbouer spectra of the colloidal fraction (<1μm) in the clayified horizon of argillic dark loessial soil, cinnamon soil, brown earth and (s₅) paleosol indicated the superparamagnetic state at room temperature. The magnetic splitting six line spectra were observed clearly at 80 K. The results fitted with a computer showed that hematite and goethite were predominant in iron oxides and commonly existed as fine particles. The proportion of hematite and goethite in soil colloids varied considerably with different climates. The higher the temperature, the larger the proportion of hematite.     

碱茅根际土壤盐分动态变化研究

A glasshouse experiment using a rhizobox technique was conducted to examine salt dynamics in the rhizosphere of a salt-tolerant grass, Puccinellia ciliata Bor. ‘Irwin Hunter', grown in a loamy soil, and to study the effect of rainfall flush on salt accumulation in the rhizosphere. The rhizobox (10 × 5.5 × 50 cm) had a nylon mesh (1 μm) positioned vertically in the middle to create two compartments filled with soil amended with 1 g NaCl kg^-1. The plants were grown in one compartment only. Flushed treatments received 275 mL of deionized water two days before harvest. In the plant-growing compartment, soils were sectioned vertically at 5 cm intervals. Significant differences in soil electrical conductivity (EC) (P < 0.05) and pH (P < 0.05) were observed for depths, but not between flushed and non-flushed treatments. In the no-plant compartment (rhizosphere), soil cores were taken horizontally at depths of 5, 20 and 40 cm and sliced at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 15 and 20 mm away from the roots. Soil EC and Cl^- concentration at the 5 and 20 cm depths, and Na⁺ concentration at the 5 cm depth significantly decreased (P < 0.05) with the distance away from the root, but no significant differences were observed in soil pH and concentrations of the K⁺ and Ca²⁺. The flush treatment only had significant influence on soil EC, pH, and Cl^- concentration at the 20 cm depth. Thus, salt accumulation could occur in the rhizosphere of salt-tolerant species on saline soils, and the periodic low rainfall might not have a strong influence on salt distribution in the rhizosphere and/or root zone.     

油蒿群落土壤碳酸钙和脱氢酶对土壤有机质的响应

Little attention has been paid to the role of soil organic matter (OM) in the formation of pedogenic carbonate in desert soils. The relationships among soil OM, soil dehydrogenase activity (DHA), and soil CaCO₃ in a plant community dominated by Artemisia ordosica, located on the eastern boundary of Tengger Desert in the Alxa League, Inner Mongolia, China, were studied to understand whether OM was directly involved in the formation of pedogenic carbonate. The results showed that DHA and CaCO₃ positively correlated with OM content, and DHA, OM, and CaCO₃ were correlated with each other in their spatial distribution, indicating that abundant OM content contributed to the formation of CaCO₃. Therefore, the formation of pedogenic CaCO₃ was a biotic process in the plant community dominated by A. ordosica.     

The hottest pepper variety in China

The purpose of this study was to find out a pepper which contains maximum capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin, so that both can be extracted from it to be used as food ingredients or as powder after isolation. Several pepper germplasm in China were studied by HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography). Shuanla (Capsicum frutescens L. cv. Shuanlaense) was found in Capsaicin, Dihydrocapsaicin, Pungency (SHU) to be significantly higher than the others. We have identified that Shuanla is the hottest pepper variety in China.     

Manganese Deficiency in Canola Induced by Liming to Ameliorate Soil Acidity

Applying lime to ameliorate soil acidity has been observed to induce manganese (Mn) deficiency in canola (Brassica napus L.) crops grown on acid sandy soils near Albany and gravelly acid sands of the Great Southern Districts of southwestern Australia. These soils were often Mn-deficient in patches for wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production when they were newly cleared for agriculture requiring application of Mn fertilizer to ensure grain yields were not reduced by the deficiency. Since then, these soils have acidified and in the 1990s, canola started to be grown on these soils in rotation with wheat and lupins (Lupinus angustifolius L.). These limed soils may now have become marginal to deficient in Mn for canola production. The effect of liming may change the effectiveness of fertilizer Mn. In addition, the effect of liming on the residual value of Mn fertilizer applied to these soils for canola production is unknown. Therefore, a glasshouse experiment was conducted using Mn deficient sand. Three levels of finely-powdered calcium carbonate were added and incubated in moist soil for 42 days at 22±2°C to produce 3 soils with different pH values [1:5 soil:0.01 M calcium chloride (CaCl₂)]: 4.9 (original soil), 6.3, and 7.5. Five Mn levels, as solutions of Mn sulfate, were then added and incubated in moist soil for 0, 50, and 100 days before sowing canola. To estimate the residual value (RV) of incubated Mn for canola production, the effectiveness of the incubated Mn was calculated relative to the effectiveness of Mn applied just before sowing canola (freshly-applied Mn). The RV of the incubated Mn was determined using yield of dried canola shoots, the Mn application level required to produce 90% of the maximum shoot yield, and Mn content in dried shoots (Mn concentration in shoots multiplied by yield of dried shoots). As measured using both yield of dried shoots and Mn content of dried shoots, the residual value of Mn decreased with increasing soil pH and with increasing period of incubation of Mn with moist soil. The critical Mn concentration, for 90% of the total yield of dried canola shoots, was (mg Mn kg^?1) ～17 in youngest mature growth (apex and youngest emerged leaf, YMG), and ～22 for the rest of dried shoots. These values were similar to current critical values for un-limed soils suggesting critical Mn concentrations remain the same for limed soils. Plant testing of canola is recommended if soils are to be limed to ameliorate soil acidity. When plant tests indicate a high likelihood of Mn deficiency, foliar Mn sprays need to be applied to that crop to ensure Mn deficiency does not reduce grain production that year, and fertilizer Mn needs to be re-applied to the soil when sowing the next crop to reduce the likelihood of Mn deficiency for subsequent crops.     

Nickel phytotoxicity in relationship to soil ph manipulation and chelating agents

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to ascertain effects of some edaphic factors on the uptake and influence of Ni on plant growth sinee Ni is a common trace element contaminant as well as an important component of serpentine soils. Corn (Zea mays L. inbred Ys₁/Ys₁) was rown in Yolo loam soil amended to give soil pH values of 4.2, 5.6, 7.5, and 8.2. A level of 100 μg Ni/g soil was not toxic to the corn. Shoot concentrations of Ni increased as soil pH decreased for both application rates of Ni. A level of 250 μg Ni/g soil decreased yields more at soil pH below 7 than above 7. Iron, Zn, and Mn levels in shoots did not appear to be directly related to the Ni applications although Fe levels tended to increase as a result of smaller plant size. PI54619–5–1 soybeans (Glycine max L. ) were grown in soil at two different pH values (with and without CaCO₃) and with and without a level of 1000 μg Ni/g added as the sulfate and thoroughly mixed with the soil and equilibrated for 1 month prior to transplanting the soybeans with and without application of a chelating agent, DTPA (diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid), commonly used to correct Fe deficiency in plants. Plants were killed in the soil of pH 6.2 when the 1000 μg Ni/g soil was added. The pH 7.2 soil decreased the toxicity of Ni. The DTPA had little effect on yields, but increased the amount of Ni in plants. Nickel decreased the Fe, Zn, Cu, and Mn concentrations of the plants. Stems contained less Ni than did leaves. In another experiment, EDTA (ethylenediamine tetraacetate) greatly increased Ni concentrations in bush beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L. C.V. Improved Tendergreen) and in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.C.V. Atlas 57) grown in Yolo loam soil, and simultaneously increased Fe concentrations. Lime (CaCO₃ or MgCO₃) decreased toxicity of Ni in bush beans. DTPA increased Ni transport in bush beans and increased the ratio of Ni in leaves to that in stems at soil pH 7.5 and 8.2, but not at pH 4.0 and 5.8.     

Ability of an iron‐efficient and an iron‐inefficient corn inbred to take up 59Fe and FeSO4 added to Yolo loam soil

Abstract

The addition of CaCO₃ and MgCO₃ to Yolo loam soil (pH 6) resulted in lower Fe concentrations in shoots of the Fe‐inefficient Ys₁/Ys₁ corn inbred (Zea mays L.) and higher levels in shoots of the Fe‐efficient WF9 inbred than in controls. When ⁵⁹Fe with and without carrier FeSO₄ was blended with the soil, the specific activity was similar for the two inbreds in nonamended soils, but was increased in the Ys₁/Ys₁ for the lime amendments. Sulfur acidification of soil decreased the specific activity of ⁵⁹ Fe in shoots by increasing the pool of available Fe. From 5 to 33% of the Fe in plants came from the FeSO₄ source. It was greatest in Ys₁/Ys₁ with lime‐amended soils and least in S‐acidified soil.     

Observations on Manganese Deficiency and Toxicity in Some Australian Native Plants

Analysis and research on the nutrition of some Australian native plants as well as diagnostic analysis of failed native plant gardens reinforces the view that manganese (Mn) availability is a major factor in the edaphology and cultivation of Australian native species. Yellow Kandosol soils on sandstone show a unique endemic floral assemblage. These soils show low total soil Mn levels of only 20–30 mg/kg. Despite this, endemic species such as Eucalyptus haemastoma and Acacia suaveolens show greater foliar Mn levels (around 291 and 389 mg/kg, respectively) than iron (Fe) levels, with Fe/Mn ratios as low as 0.14 and 0.27. During pot trial work on artificial soils created from crushed sandstone and green waste compost that were designed to research phosphorus (P) and calcium (Ca) nutrition, some interesting data on Mn uptake were collected. Levels of foliar Mn as high as 1250 and 389 mg/kg, respectively, accumulated in E. haemastoma and A. suaveolens when soils were artificially acidified to pH 4.7 (CaCl₂) using ferrous sulfate. These Mn levels were associated with visible toxicity symptoms in foliage of E. haemastoma but not in A. suaveolens. Foliar Mn in both species showed a strong inverse correlation (R² > 0.93) with soil pH. Previous research has shown that eucalypts from this floral assemblage are prone to Mn toxicity when grown in conditions of high soil Mn availability. Diagnostic analysis of soils and foliage for a client with horticultural problems in a native plant landscape showed severe chlorosis in a wide range of native species due to Mn deficiency induced by neutral soil pH (around 7.0 in CaCl₂). Such soil pHs are considerably greater than those of the plant’s natural distribution. Despite apparently elevated soil P and the appearance of what looked like P toxicity, foliar P levels were not sufficiently elevated to conclude acute P toxicity but rather simple and severe Mn deficiency. The work suggests that induced Mn deficiency and toxicity may be underdiagnosed problems in the cultivation of many Australian native plants.     

Effects of Boron Fertilizer on Tomato,Pepper, and Cucumber Yields and Chemical Composition

In many parts of the world, boron (B) levels are insufficient for potential production. Boron deficiency is also widespread in the Anatolia region of Turkey. Boron deficiency could impact production and quality of tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum L.), pepper (Capsicum annum L.), and cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). A two-year greenhouse experiment was conducted to study yield and quality response of three vegetables to B addition (0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 kg B ha^?1). The optimum economic B rates (OEBR) were 2.3, 2.6, 2.4 kg B ha^?1, resulting in soil B concentrations of 0.33, 0.34 and 0.42 mg kg^?1. Independent of plant species, B application decreased tissue nitrogen (N), calcium (Ca), and magnesium (Mg) but increased tissue phosphorus (P), potassium (K), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu) concentrations. We conclude that a B addition of 2.5 kg ha^?1 is sufficient to elevate soil B levels to nondeficient levels. Similar studies with different soils and initial soil-test B levels are needed to conclude if these critical soil test values and OEBR can be applied across the region.     

酸性土壤活性锰与pH、Eh关系及其生物反应

以灰潮土为对照研究了湖北省 3种有代表性的酸性土壤在盆栽条件下 ,不同酸化处理土壤pH、Eh与活性锰的动态变化关系。结果表明 ,供试的棕红壤和黄棕壤酸化后 ,在盆栽油菜生长的前 70d内 ,土壤交换性锰含量增加 ,土壤交换性锰与碳酸盐结合态锰呈一定负相关 ,且交换性锰含量增加明显滞后于碳酸盐结合态锰的增加 ;30～90d内 ,碳酸盐结合态锰与易还原性锰呈一定正相关。虽然土壤pH和Eh在作物生长季节不断变化 ,但其 pe +pH仍维持不变。土壤 pH、Eh与交换性锰的关系能较好地反映土壤锰的转化机制 ,在进一步酸化时 ,供试的棕红壤MnO2/Mn2+电对是该土壤锰化合物变化的主要形式 ,MnO2是变化过程的电子受体。供试的黄棕壤则以MnOOH MnO电对为其锰化合物氧化还原的主要形式 ,土壤酸化对其锰电对电位的影响没有直接引起Mn2+ 的变化 ;Mn2+的增加可能是MnO在该过程中进一步溶解所致。试验结果还表明 ,油菜体内的锰铁比随锰中毒程度的加强而急剧增加 ,这一趋势远高于土壤锰铁比的增加。     

Effects of humic acid and Ca(NO3)2 on nutrient contents in pepper (Capsicum annuum) seedling under salt stress

This study was carried out in order to determine the effects of calcium nitrate (Ca(NO₃)₂) and humic acid (HA) applications on nutrient uptake of pepper seedling under salt stress in a plant growth room. Before sowing Demre variety of pepper seeds, 60?mM NaCI was added to each 300?cm³ pot. The experiment was ended at eighth week after the sowing. Applications of HA significantly affected K, Ca, Fe, Mn, Zn (p?p?3)₂ applications did not show a significant effect on Fe and Cu contents of pepper seedling. However, Ca(NO₃)₂ applications significantly affected N and P contents (p?<.05) and K, Ca, Mn, and Zn contents (p?相似文献   

Response of wheat seedlings to Mn‐lignosulfonate adhered to granular NPK

Manganese (Mn) deficiency is a widespread crop micronutrient disorder. The aim of this work was to evaluate two NPK fertilizers coated with Mn that eliminate the specific labor cost for applying Mn and that allow the correction of Mn deficiency in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Two Mn sources [MnSO₄ and Mn‐lignosulfonate (MnLS)] were compared as NPK coatings at doses of 0.1, 0.3, and 1.0% (w/w) in hydroponic, perlite, and soil pot cultures under growth chamber and greenhouse conditions with wheat to evaluate the effects on dry matter production and Mn concentrations. For the NPK+MnLS product, 52–63% of the total Mn remained in solution at calcareous conditions. However, the NPK+MnSO₄ product was able to maintain only 14–25% of the total Mn added in solution. As expected, the MnLS product resulted in higher Mn concentrations in shoots than the MnSO₄ product due to the Mn complexation by lignosulfonate which preserved Mn from precipitation and maintained it available for plants. In the experiment with perlite as growth substrate, at low Mn dose (0.1% Mn) a similar Mn concentration in wheat shoots was found (57 mg kg^?1 DW for the MnSO₄ coating versus 72 mg kg^?1 DW for MnLS coating), but at the highest dose (1.0% Mn) the NPK+MnLS showed a significant increase in shoot Mn concentration (167 versus 132 mg kg^?1 DW). Soil application of coated NPK products showed similar Mn concentrations in shoots with both Mn sources (29–37 mg kg^?1 DW), except for the NPK+MnSO₄ (0.1%) treatment (only 18 mg kg^?1 DW). Based on the recommended Fe/Mn values (Fe : Mn ratio = 1.5–2.5) given in the literature for plants with a correct nutrition, only the NPK+MnLS (0.3%) fulfilled this ratio (Fe : Mn = 2.5).     

Co-application of molybdenum and selenium fertilizers increase uptake,recovery and harvest index of molybdenum and selenium in pepper crop

A pot trial was conducted to clarify the interactions of molybdenum (Mo) and selenium (Se) fertilizers on uptake, harvest index and recovery of Mo and Se by pepper crop (Capsicum frutescens L.). Mo was applied at three rates (0, 0.15 and 0.3 mg kg^?1) and Se at three rates (0, 0.4 and 0.8 mg kg^?1) in soil. Appropriate application of Mo increased Se concentrations in pepper fruit, stem, leaf and root especially in the presence of Se fertilizer. Appropriate application of Se increased Mo concentrations in pepper fruit, stem, leaf and root particularly in the presence of Mo fertilizer. Both Mo and Se had beneficial effects on harvest index and recovery of Mo and Se. These results indicated that there is significant synergetic effect on Mo and Se absorption and translocation, and co-application of these two elements is necessary to produce Mo and Se-rich pepper.