Phyto- and genotoxic effects of copper on fodder beans

It has been found during a greenhouse experiment that the level of Cu content in the grain of fodder beans above 30 mg/kg of dry matter is critical in terms of phyto- and genotoxicity. The fodder beans cultivar Yantarnye acquires this toxicity level when the Cu pollution exceeds 100 mg/kg for a soddy-podzolic sandy loamy soil, 1000 mg/kg for leached chernozem heavy-clay loamy, and 3000 mg/kg for lowland peatbog soils.