Selekcija i Semenarstvo (Jan 2012)

Accumulation of toxic metals in the vegetative parts of wheat

  • Stefanović-Mickovski Violeta,
  • Filipović Vladimir,
  • Ugrenović Vladan,
  • Glamočlija Đorđe,
  • Popović Vera

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 2
pp. 31 – 39

Abstract

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Wheat is one of the most important grains in the world. Wheat is not only the most important agricultural crop, but also one of the most important agricultural products in Europe. Suffice it to say that this is the product from which it receives desperately bread and a number of food products. Toxic metals originating from contaminated air and soil. The land is my toxic metals found as a result of their presence in the parent rocks. Also, the effective application of organic and mineral fertilizers leads to soil contamination. Toxic metals plant adopts the root from the soil, and from the atmosphere through the leaves.

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