ALUMINUM TOXICITY IN CORN PLANTS CULTIVATED WITH LOW AND HIGH IONIC STRENGTH NUTRIENT SOLUTIONS |
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| Authors: | Elisa Sandra Tanaka de Farias José Carlos Pintro Maria Anita Gonçalves da Silva Antonio Saraiva Muniz Marlene Estevão Marchetti Antonio Nolla |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Agronomy Department , Maringá State University , Maringá, Brazil;2. Agronomy Department , Federal University of Grande Dourados , Dourados, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | The objective of the present study was to evaluate the phytotoxic effect of aluminum (Al) in corn plants in nutrient solution under high ionic strength (0.0094 uM) and low ionic strength (0.00001 uM). Regarding the low ionic strengths, nutrient solution was added daily until the end of the experimental period. The findings showed that the pH of the nutrient solution reduced with the increase in Al concentration, under both high and low ionic strengths solutions. Electrical conductivity of the nutrient solution increased with Al concentrations only in the solution with low ionic strength, demonstrating that the plant was more sensible to the element toxicity, thus reducing its growth and absorption of nutrients. The production of the total dry mass of corn was affected by the increase of Al concentration in the solution only under low ionic strengths, which reinforces the greater activity and absorption of the element under such condition. |
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| Keywords: | Zea mays technique of relative addition of nutrients aluminum |
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