Env Exp Biol (2012) 10: 139

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Application of nitrogen nutrition for improving tolerance of soybean seedlings to cadmium

Yevheniia Konotop^1*, Patrik Mezsaros², Ildíkó Matušíková³, Lyudmyla Batsmanova¹, Nataliya Taran¹

¹ESC “Institute of Biology”, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, Volodymyrska 64, Kyiv 01601, Ukraine
²The Constantine Philosopher University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Botany and Genetics, Nabrežie mladeže 91, Nitra 949 74, Slovak Republic
³Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of Science, Akademická 2, P.O. Box 39A, Nitra 95007, Slovak Republic
^*Corresponding author, E-mail: golovatyuk.yevgeniya@gmail.com

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Abstract

This study investigated the impact of different rate of nitrogen nutrition on soybean seedling tolerance to cadmium treatment. Soil contamination with cadmium has become a serious issue in sustainable agriculture production and food safety. The results indicated common response of soybean seedlings to cadmium treatment such as stunted root growth and increased level of lipid peroxidation. However, a defense reaction was observed under combined seedling treatment with cadmium plus nitrogen. Interaction of cadmium and nitrogen resulted in decreased cadmium uptake by seedling roots that were cultivated at a high nitrogen nutrition level. The obtained data confirms the complexity of plant non-specific defense responses to abiotic stressors and may be used for optimization of plant nitrogen fertilization on cadmium contaminated soil.

Key words: cadmium, defense reactions, Glycine max, nitrogen fertilization, soybean.

Env Exp Biol (2012) 10: 139–144

DOI: http://doi.org/10.22364/eeb

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				Hard copy: ISSN 1691–8088 On-line: ISSN 2255–9582 Env Exp Biol (2012) 10: 139–144 DOI: https://doi.org/10.22364/eeb
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