Química Nova (Jan 2008)

Produção de matéria seca e de grãos por plantas de feijoeiro (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivadas em solos tratados com metais pesados Production of dry material and grains by bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L. ) cultivated in soils treated with heavy metals

  • Alexandre Vitor Santana de Carvalho,
  • Ruy Carvalho,
  • Celeste Maria Patto de Abreu,
  • Antônio Eduardo Furtini Neto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-40422008000500002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31, no. 5
pp. 949 – 955

Abstract

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This work aimed at evaluating the contents of extractable Cd, Pb, Zn and Cu with a solution of DTPA (diethyleneaminopentacetic acid) and to relate them with the production of dry material and grain production of bean plants under two conditions of experimentally contaminated soil materials with Cd, Pb, Cu and Zn: (i) samples of distrofic red latosol and (ii) humic yellow-red latosol. A decrease in the yield of dry matter was observed for all treatments, if compared with the zero-dose control sample; the grain yield was affected for the soil samples treated with Cd and Cu but only slightly for those treated with Pb and Zn.

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