Open AccessThe uptake and transpiration of water and the accumulation of lead by plants growing on lead chloride solutions
Author(s) -
Marek Burzyński
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta societatis botanicorum poloniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2083-9480
pISSN - 0001-6977
DOI - 10.5586/asbp.1987.026
Subject(s) - transpiration , lead (geology) , lead chloride , chemistry , agronomy , chloride , horticulture , biology , photosynthesis , paleontology , biochemistry , organic chemistry
The placement of approximately two week-old bean, cucumber and wheat plants in PbCl2 solutions caused significant decreases in transpiration and uptake of water. The amount of transpiration and water uptake depended on the PbCl2 concentration and length of treatment. Cucumber plants were the most sensitive to lead and accumu-lated the. greatest amounts of it. Beans were the least sensitive, although they accumulated more lead than wheat. The lead taken up by cucumbers and beans accumulated mainly in the roots while the distribution of lead in wheat was rather uniform in the roots and above-ground parts. The removal of roots from bean plants caused high accumulation of lead in the lower stem parts