Joint Effect of Cadmium and Chlorimuron-Ethyl on Cadmium Accumulation of Wheat

Abstract

The joint effects of Cd and Chlorimuron-ethyl(CE) on Cd accumulation in wheat shoot/root and SPT coefficient of Cd was carried out. Cd concentration in shoot and root increased with increasing soil Cd, but Cd concentration in shoot/root was lower than the same treatment when CE was added, and negative relationship between Cd concentration in shoot (root) and concentration of CE were significant (p<0.05 or p<0.01). There was antagonistic effect of Cd and low CE on Cd accumulation in wheat tissues. Cd concentration in shoot decreased during the period of growth, but the concentration of Cd in root increased from the elongation stage to the florescence, and then decreased from the florescence to mature stage when the concentration of soil Cd was less than 100 mg kg-1, and it decreased when the concentration of soil Cd was 100 mg kg-1. The SPT values of different growth periods decreased during the period of growth.