Abstract
Zinc and cadmium have been found to interact with each other differently under different conditions. The zinc supply may enhance or offset the phytotoxicity of Cd. Therefore, in a pot experiment, a sandy loam soil (Typic Ustipsamments) was treated with cadmium at rates of 0, 10, 20 and 40 mg kg −1 and with zinc at rates of 0 and 20 mg kg −1 soil to assess their effect on dry matter yield and the concentrations of Cd and micronutrients. There was a significant decrease in dry matter yield due to the phytotoxic effect of Cd. The dry matter yield was not affected by the application of zinc at any rate of Cd application. The concentration and uptake of Cd in the crop increased gradually at increasing rates of cadmium application. The increase in cadmium concentration was greater in the presence of zinc than in its absence. This suggests that the effect of soilapplied Zn is reflected in the enhancement of the Cd content in plants. Thus, zinc application cannot offset the toxic effect of Cd. The relationship of Cd with Zn and Fe was synergistic at all rates of Cd application, whereas Mn and Cu exhibited an antagonistic relationship.
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Claim · model-written summary
Cadmium application significantly decreased maize dry matter yield through its phytotoxic effect.
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e0“There was a significant decrease in dry matter yield due to the phytotoxic effect of Cd”
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Zinc application did not affect maize dry matter yield at any rate of Cd application.
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e0“The dry matter yield was not affected by the application of zinc at any rate of Cd application”
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Cd concentration and uptake in maize increased gradually with increasing rates of cadmium application.
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- increasing rates of cadmium applicatione0
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- concentration and uptake of Cde0
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- increasede0
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e0“The concentration and uptake of Cd in the crop increased gradually at increasing rates of cadmium application”
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The increase in cadmium concentration in maize was greater in the presence of zinc than in its absence.
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- presence of zince0
- Outcome
- increase in cadmium concentratione0
- Direction
- greatere0
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- its absencee0
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e0“The increase in cadmium concentration was greater in the presence of zinc than in its absence”
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The authors conclude that zinc application cannot offset the toxic effect of Cd.
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e0“zinc application cannot offset the toxic effect of Cd”
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The relationship of Cd with Zn and Fe was synergistic at all rates of Cd application.
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- Zn and Fee0
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- relationshipe0
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- synergistice0
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- at all rates of Cd applicatione0
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t0“maize”
e0“The relationship of Cd with Zn and Fe was synergistic at all rates of Cd application”
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Mn and Cu exhibited an antagonistic relationship with Cd.
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t0“maize”
e0“Mn and Cu exhibited an antagonistic relationship”
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