Natura Montenegrina No 4, 2005

UDK 332.368:546.3:633.15(045)=111

  

DIFFERENT CAPACITIES OF HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION IN SEVERAL MAIZE HYBRIDS GROWN ON TWO TYPES OF POLLUTED SOIL

 

Nevena MIHAILOVIĆ1 Gordana DRAZIĆ2, Milorad ROŠULJ3

 

S y n o p s i s

 

The experiment  was carried out with two soil types  from the locations in the vicinity of anthropogenic pollution sources: I – about 100 m from the highway Belgrade-Novi Sad and II –  near the power plant “Kolubara”. In both soil types the presence of the following heavy metals has been found: Pb, Cd, Cr, Ni and As. Eight maize hybrids  with various maturing times were grown on the samples of these soils for 14 days. After that, germination percent, fresh mass, as well as the contents of the mentioned toxic elements were determined. It was found that the  hybrids with shorter maturing times germinated better on soil I, and the remaining hybrids on soil II. All the hybrids (except one that did not germinate) developed stronger roots on soil II. Cadmium was not accumulated in any hybrid  above the detection threshold. Chromium and Pb accumulations  varied randomly and did not depend on the soil type. All investigated hybrids accumulated Ni and As. Arsenic was accumulated to a higher degree from soil I, and Ni from soil II. The results show that high capacities for As and Ni accumulations are not encountered together in any of the eight hybrids. On the whole, hybrid 5 (maturity time FAO 400) had the lowest affinity towards the majority of analyzed elements (except Cr).

 

S i n o p s i s

 

RAZLIČITI KAPACITETI AKUMULACIJE TEŠKIH METALA U NEKOLIKO HIBRIDA KUKURUZA NA DVA TIPA ZAGAĐENOG ZEMLJIŠTA

 

            Za ovaj eksperiment korišćena su dva tipa zemljišta koja se nalaze u blizini antropogenih izvora zagađenja: I – oko stotinu metara od auto-puta i II – blizu termoelektrane “Kolubara”. U oba ova zemljišta utvrđeno je prisustvo toksičnih elemenata: Pb, Cd, Cr, Ni i As. Osam hibrida kukuruza različtih grupa zrenja gajeni su na uzorcima ovih zemljišta 14 dana. Posle toga određen je procenat isklijavanja, masa pojedinih biljnih organa, kao i sadržaj navedenih toksičnih elemenata u pojedinim organima. Utvrđeno je da su  hibridi ranijih grupa zrenja bolje isklijavali na zemljištu I, a ostali na zemljištu II. Svi  hibridi (osim jednog koji nije isklijao) gajeni na zemljištu II imali su veću masu korena. Nijedan  hibrid nije akumulirao Cd u koncentraciji iznad granice detekcije. Usvajanje Cr i Pb bilo je vrlo sporadično i nije zavisilo od tipa zemljišta. Usvajanje Ni i As utvrđeno je kod svih posmatranih hibrida. Arsen je u većoj meri usvajan iz zemljišta I, a Ni iz zemljišta II. Iz rezultata se može zaključiti da se veliki kapaciteti za usvajanje As i Ni ni u jednom hibridu ne pojavljuju zajedno. Gledano u celini, genotip 5 (grupa zrenja FAO 400) ima najmanji afinitet prema posmatranim elementima (izuzev Cr).

 

1,2  Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy, Banatska 31b, 11080 Zemun, Serbia and Montenegro, e-mail:gprole@eunet.yu

3  Institute for Maize Research “Zemun-Polje”, 11080 Zemun, Slobodana Bajica bb