Original scientific paper

Influence of fertilization on cadmium accumulation in wheat grain

Zorica Jurković ; Poljoprivredni institut Osijek, Osijek
Vlado Kovačević ; Poljoprivredni fakultet, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera, Osijek
Domagoj Šimić ; Poljoprivredni institut Osijek, Osijek

Abstract

One of the most important sources of cadmium contamination in cereals is phosphate fertilization. The objective of this study is to examine concentrations of cadmium in wheat grain after fertilization with significant increasing levels of phosphorus and potassium. The experiment was set on an acid soil of moderate fertility in Badljevina (Pakrac, Požega-Slavonia County) in the spring of 2003. Mean values of phosphorus and potassium concentrations in grain did not change significantly by increasing fertilization levels, whereas cadmium concentrations were low and they did not vary at all. Our results suggest that there was no influence of fertilization on cadmium accumulation in wheat grain. Further investigations are needed which would include more wheat genotypes grown on different soil types.

Keywords

cadmium; fertilization; grain; wheat

Hrčak ID:

163424

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/163424

Publication date:

16.11.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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