Plant Soil Environ., 2015, 61(10):444-450 | DOI: 10.17221/397/2015-PSE

Selenium reduces cadmium accumulation and alleviates cadmium-induced quality degradation in tobaccoOriginal Paper

W.X. Liu1, X. Feng1, S. Shang2, G. Zhang1, F.B. Wu1
1 Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
2 Guizhou Tobacco Science Institute, Guiyang, P.R. China

A greenhouse pot experiment was conducted using two contrasting tobacco cultivars Guiyan1 (Cd-sensitive) and Yunyan2 (Cd-tolerant) to evaluate the effect of external selenium (Se) on Cd-induced degradation of tobacco quality. Results showed that 3 mg/kg Cd reduced K, Mg, Mn, and Zn contents, but increased Cd, P, Ca, Fe contents in both cultivars. Addition of Se in Cd solution (Cd + Se) dramatically alleviated Cd-deteriorate effects on tobacco quality, markedly reduced Cd concentration, but increased Se and K contents in tobacco leaves compared with Cd alone treatment. Exogenous Se counteracted Cd-induced alterations in carbohydrate, e.g. it significantly depressed Cd-induced increase in total/reducing sugar, and sucrose contents, but elevated the reduced starch content. Furthermore, Se significantly depressed the elevated ratios in reducing sugar/total nitrogen, total sugar/total protein and reducing sugar/nicotine, but elevated total nitrogen/nicotine, which returned near to their control levels.

Keywords: toxic pollutant; metal; micronutrient; cigarette ash; Nicotiana tabacum L.

Published: October 31, 2015  Show citation

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Liu WX, Feng X, Shang S, Zhang G, Wu FB. Selenium reduces cadmium accumulation and alleviates cadmium-induced quality degradation in tobacco. Plant Soil Environ. 2015;61(10):444-450. doi: 10.17221/397/2015-PSE.
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