Assessment of the Hormetic Effect of Arsenic on Growth and Physiology of Two Cultivars of Maize (Zea mays L.)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Effect of Arsenic on Growth and Relative Water Content
2.2. Effect of Arsenic on the Content of Photosynthetic Pigments
2.3. Effect of Arsenic on Stomatal Density and Stomata Size
2.4. Arsenic Accumulation in Shoots
2.5. Evaluation of the Effect of Genotype and Arsenic Dose on Tested Parameters
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Material and Growth Condition
4.2. Determination of Growth Parameters and Tolerance Index
4.3. Determination of Photosynthetic Pigments
4.4. Determination of Relative Water Content (RWC)
4.5. Determination of Number and Size of Stomata
4.6. Determination of As in Shoots and Soil
4.7. Determination of Bioacumulation Factor for As
4.8. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Chapalu | MvNK 333 | |||||||||
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TI (%) | As1 | As2 | As3 | As5 | As50 | As1 | As2 | As3 | As5 | As50 |
Length of shoots | 103.59 | 109.70 | 104.82 | 102.66 | 64.75 | 112.28 | 121.64 | 128.19 | 139.19 | 112.20 |
Fresh weight of shoots | 108.83 | 106.55 | 104.91 | 101.78 | 67.52 | 111.08 | 113.08 | 121.73 | 135.52 | 108.06 |
Dry weight of shoots | 107.91 | 106.35 | 107.63 | 105.54 | 93.69 | 113.54 | 112.51 | 126.19 | 130.45 | 118.18 |
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Piršelová, B.; Galuščáková, Ľ.; Lengyelová, L.; Kubová, V.; Jandová, V.; Hegrová, J. Assessment of the Hormetic Effect of Arsenic on Growth and Physiology of Two Cultivars of Maize (Zea mays L.). Plants 2022, 11, 3433. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11243433
Piršelová B, Galuščáková Ľ, Lengyelová L, Kubová V, Jandová V, Hegrová J. Assessment of the Hormetic Effect of Arsenic on Growth and Physiology of Two Cultivars of Maize (Zea mays L.). Plants. 2022; 11(24):3433. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11243433
Chicago/Turabian StylePiršelová, Beáta, Ľudmila Galuščáková, Libuša Lengyelová, Veronika Kubová, Vilma Jandová, and Jitka Hegrová. 2022. "Assessment of the Hormetic Effect of Arsenic on Growth and Physiology of Two Cultivars of Maize (Zea mays L.)" Plants 11, no. 24: 3433. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11243433