Examination of Zinc and Copper Uptake by Plants in Long-term Field Experiment

Authors

  • László Szegedi Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Environmental Sciences
  • Rita Tury Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Environmental Sciences
  • Éva Lehoczky Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Institute of Environmental Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33038/jcegi.3277

Keywords:

heavy metals, maize (Zea mays L.), winter barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), white mustard (Sinapis alba L.), alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), soil-plant transfer coefficient

Abstract

The long-term field experiment of heavy metal loading was set up in the autumn of 1994 in the Tass-puszta Farm of the Károly Róbert College (Károly Róbert Campus, Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences). Zinc and copper uptake of plants was studied in the years 1996, 2001, 2002 when the Cu and Zn contents of plants and soil were mesaured as well. In the years of the study the experimental plants were maize (Zea mayes L.), winter barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), white mustard (Sinapis alba L) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). The uptake of Cu and Zn by the plants was evaluated by determining the soil-plant transfer coefficients. Knowing the soil-plant transfer coefficient of the investigated heavy metals, it is also possible to determine the extent to which the “soluble” (NH4-acetate+EDTA) element content corresponds to the real plant microelement uptake. For this, we determined the values of the distribution ratio of each heavy metal as the quotient of the “soluble” and “total” (cc.HNO3+cc.H2O2) element content of the soil. Based on the values of soil-plant transfer coefficients, zinc was found to be more mobile than copper. The distribution ratio of zinc was on average 1/5 of the value of the transfer coefficient. This result shows that the soil has zinc reserves that can not be detected by the method of Lakanen-Erviö (1971). In the case of copper, the value of the distribution ratio and the soil-plant transfer coefficient did not differ significantly.

Author Biographies

  • László Szegedi, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Environmental Sciences

    associate professor
    Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Károly Róbert Campus
    Institute of Environmental Sciences, Group of Agroecology
    H-3200 Gyöngyös, Mátrai. u. 36., Hungary
    Szegedi.Laszlo@uni-mate.hu

  • Rita Tury, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Environmental Sciences

    assistant professor
    Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Károly Róbert Campus
    Institute of Environmental Sciences, Group of Agroecology
    H-3200 Gyöngyös, Mátrai. u. 36., Hungary
    Tury.Rita@uni-mate.hu

  • Éva Lehoczky, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Institute of Environmental Sciences

    professor
    Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Károly Róbert Campus
    Institute of Environmental Sciences, Group of Agroecology
    H-3200 Gyöngyös, Mátrai. u. 36., Hungary
    Lehoczky.Eva@uni-mate.hu

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2022-08-18

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Examination of Zinc and Copper Uptake by Plants in Long-term Field Experiment. (2022). Journal of Central European Green Innovation, 10(1), 21-30. https://doi.org/10.33038/jcegi.3277