Efficiency of maize cultivars for zinc uptake and use

Scientia Agricola

Ângela Maria Cangiani Furlani²  Pedro Roberto Furlani²  Anderson Rotter Meda²  Aildson Pereira Duarte¹ 

[1] ,Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Solos e Recursos AmbientaisCampinas SP ,Brasil

关键词: Zea mays L.;    Zn-efficiency;    Zn uptake;    Zn-deficiency;    commercial cultivars;    Zea mays L.;    absorção de Zn;    deficiência de Zn;    cultivares comerciais;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-90162005000300010

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Zinc deficiency usually occurs in maize grown in Brazilian acidic soils. The aim of this study was to evaluate commercial maize cultivars for their Zn uptake and utilization efficiency. A greenhouse experiment using nutrient solution with young plants was carried out at Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2002. Treatments consisted of: 0.0; 0.1; 0.2; 0.4 and 0.8 mg L-1 Zn in the main plots and 24 commercial maize cultivars in the subplots, in a randomized complete block design. Zn concentration in shoot dry matter (SDM) ranged from 28.4 to 41.6 mg kg-1 among cultivars, clearly indicating a dilution effect, since a negative relation between SDM and plant height was shown. Total Zn-shoot content was a good parameter to discriminate cultivars, once correlated with plant height and SDM (r = 0.66** and r = 0.67**, respectively). Analysis of variance and polynomial regression for total Zn-shoot content was highly significant among cultivars and for the interaction cultivar vs Zn-concentration. Plants under low Zn presented up to three-fold differences among efficiency index values (E.I. = 8.59 to 26.42 mg² DM mug-1 Zn). The results with young plants indicated six maize cultivars classified as Zn-efficient and responsive (AG 7575, Tork, AL Bandeirante, AL 34, AGN 2012, Master) and six cultivars classified as efficient non-responsive (P30F33, P30K75, P30F80, AS 1533, DOW 8420 e AL 30). Other nutrient concentrations in the SDM were within normal limits (K, P, Ca, Mg, Cu, Fe, Mn) for maize young plants.

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