Efficiency of maize cultivars for zinc uptake and use Eficiência de cultivares de milho na absorção e utilização de zinco

Zinc deficiency usually occurs in maize grown in Brazilian acidic soils. The aim of this study was to evaluate commercial maize cultivars for their Zn uptake and utilization efficiency. A greenhouse experiment using nutrient solution with young plants was carried out at Campinas, State of São Paulo,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scientia agricola 2005-06, Vol.62 (3), p.264-273
Hauptverfasser: Ângela Maria Cangiani Furlani, Pedro Roberto Furlani, Anderson Rotter Meda, Aildson Pereira Duarte
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Zusammenfassung:Zinc deficiency usually occurs in maize grown in Brazilian acidic soils. The aim of this study was to evaluate commercial maize cultivars for their Zn uptake and utilization efficiency. A greenhouse experiment using nutrient solution with young plants was carried out at Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2002. Treatments consisted of: 0.0; 0.1; 0.2; 0.4 and 0.8 mg L-1 Zn in the main plots and 24 commercial maize cultivars in the subplots, in a randomized complete block design. Zn concentration in shoot dry matter (SDM) ranged from 28.4 to 41.6 mg kg-1 among cultivars, clearly indicating a dilution effect, since a negative relation between SDM and plant height was shown. Total Zn-shoot content was a good parameter to discriminate cultivars, once correlated with plant height and SDM (r = 0.66** and r = 0.67**, respectively). Analysis of variance and polynomial regression for total Zn-shoot content was highly significant among cultivars and for the interaction cultivar vs Zn-concentration. Plants under low Zn presented up to three-fold differences among efficiency index values (E.I. = 8.59 to 26.42 mg² DM mug-1 Zn). The results with young plants indicated six maize cultivars classified as Zn-efficient and responsive (AG 7575, Tork, AL Bandeirante, AL 34, AGN 2012, Master) and six cultivars classified as efficient non-responsive (P30F33, P30K75, P30F80, AS 1533, DOW 8420 e AL 30). Other nutrient concentrations in the SDM were within normal limits (K, P, Ca, Mg, Cu, Fe, Mn) for maize young plants.Nos solos ácidos são comuns os casos de deficiência de zinco (Zn) na cultura do milho. O objetivo do presente trabalho consistiu em avaliar cultivares comerciais de milho quanto à eficiência na absorção e utilização de Zn. O experimento foi conduzido em Campinas, SP, Brasil, 2002, em casa de vegetação com plantas jovens em solução nutritiva, utilizando blocos ao acaso em parcelas divididas, sendo os tratamentos: 0,0; 0,1; 0,2; 0,4 e 0,8 mg L-1 de Zn e 24 cultivares comerciais de milho. Os teores de Zn na parte aérea (PA) variaram de 28,4 a 41,6 mg kg-1 (1,46 vez) entre as cultivares. O conteúdo total de Zn na PA foi o parâmetro que melhor se correlacionou com a altura de planta (r = 0,66**) e com a matéria seca de parte aérea (MSPA) (r = 0,67**), permitindo diferenciação das cultivares. A análise da variância e a regressão polinomial para essa variável revelaram diferenças significativas entre cultivares, bem como para o índice de eficiência, cujos valores variar
ISSN:0103-9016
1678-992X
DOI:10.1590/S0103-90162005000300010