Plant, Soil and Environment, 2020 (vol. 66), issue 6
The effect of mineral fertilisers and farmyard manure on grain and straw yield, quality and economical parameters of winter wheatOriginal Paper
Lukáš Hlisnikovský, Milan Vach, Zdeněk Abrham, Ladislav Menšík, Eva Kunzová
Plant Soil Environ., 2020, 66(6):249-256 | DOI: 10.17221/60/2020-PSE 
In the years 2011-2014, winter wheat grain yield, qualitative and economic parameters were evaluated according to different fertiliser treatments: (1) control: unfertilised treatment; (2) farmyard manure (FYM) and (3) FYM + NPK (farmyard manure applied together with mineral NPK). The highest yields (8.10 t/ha) were recorded in the FYM + NPK treatment, while significantly lower yields (6.20 t/ha and 5.73 t/ha) were recorded in FYM and control treatments, respectively. Similarly, statistically significantly higher values of the quality parameters were found in the FYM + NPK treatment (13.55% of crude protein...
Cadmium accumulation in the grain of durum wheat is associated with salinity resistance degreeOriginal Paper
Jakub Pastuszak, Przemysław Kopeć, Agnieszka Płażek, Krzysztof Gondek, Anna Szczerba, Marta Hornyák, Franciszek Dubert
Plant Soil Environ., 2020, 66(6):257-263 | DOI: 10.17221/61/2020-PSE
A serious problem in durum wheat cultivation is its genetic capacity to accumulate cadmium (Cd) in the grain. The aim of the study was to verify if the degree of durum wheat resistance to NaCl salinity is related to its tolerance to Cd contamination, and to search for physiological markers of Cd accumulation in the grain. The experiment involved a salt sensitive cv. Tamaroi and a salt resistant line BC5Nax2, as well as a moderately salt tolerant line SMH87. The plants grew in the soil supplemented with 3 mg or 5 mg Cd/kg dry weight. The plant response...
Response of growth and drought tolerance of Acacia seyal Del. seedlings to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungiOriginal Paper
Abdelmalik M. Abdelmalik, Thobayet S. Alsharani, Abdulaziz A. Al-Qarawi, Abdalla I. Ahmed, Ibrahim M. Aref
Plant Soil Environ., 2020, 66(6):264-271 | DOI: 10.17221/206/2020-PSE
Considering the improvement of acacia species growth in arid and semi-arid environment, a pot experiment was conducted to evaluate the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); Funneliformis mosseae (syn. Glomus mosseae), Rhizophagus intraradices (syn. Glomus intraradices) and Claroideoglomus etunicatum (syn. Glomus etunicatum) on growth and drought tolerance of Acacia seyal Del. seedlings under drought cycles (7, 14, 21 and 28 days). AMF-inoculated seedlings showed a clear colonisation percentage (36-68%). AMF treatment significantly improved seedlings shoot and root growth under all...
Garden pansy (Viola × wittrockiana Gams.) - a good candidate for the revitalisation of polluted areasOriginal Paper
Klaudia Sychta, Aneta Słomka, Elżbieta Kuta
Plant Soil Environ., 2020, 66(6):272-280 | DOI: 10.17221/50/2020-PSE
In the current studies, heavy metal tolerance level, accumulation efficiency and sexual reproduction were determined in Viola × wittrockiana, a non-metallophytic ornamental cultivar in comparison to V. tricolor, a metallophyte, after zinc (Zn) or lead (Pb) treatment (0, 10, 100 and 1 000 ppm) in pot experiments. The seed germination frequency that was not reduced in comparison to the control, the effective Zn absorption from the soil and exclusion strategy for Pb, as well as the regular sexual reproduction of V. × wittrockiana treated with heavy metals all indicate the tolerance of this plant to heavy metals....
Evaluation and comparison of antioxidant activity and biochemical compounds in some coloured potato cultivarsOriginal Paper
Rodica Soare, Maria Dinu, Cristina Babeanu, Marin Soare
Plant Soil Environ., 2020, 66(6):281-286 | DOI: 10.17221/202/2020-PSE
Potato is an important source of food, and in recent years, new genotypes have emerged on the European market, which particularly differentiate by the colour of tubers. The current study investigated and compared phytochemical properties and antioxidant activity of six potato cultivars: two of those with yellow-fleshed (Carpatin, Brasovean) and four with red and purple-fleshed (Cranberry Red, Mountain Rose, Purple Majesty, and Blue Congo), which were cultivated under the same climatic and soil conditions.
Single or dual inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobia regulates plant growth and nitrogen acquisition in white cloverOriginal Paper
Miao-Miao Xie, Ying-Ning Zou, Qiang-Sheng Wu, Ze-Zhi Zhang, Kamil Kuča
Plant Soil Environ., 2020, 66(6):287-294 | DOI: 10.17221/234/2020-PSE
The present work aimed to analyse whether and how single or dual inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Funneliformis mosseae, Paraglomus occultum, and Rhizophagus intraradices) and rhizobia (Rhizobium trifolii) improved plant growth and stimulated nitrogen (N) acquisition of white clover. AMF inoculation significantly (P < 0.05) increased root nodule number by 117‒173%, and additional Rh considerably stimulated mycorrhizal growth. Single AMF or Rh treatment dramatically increased shoot by 36‒281% and root biomass by 16‒36% than non-inoculated control, and dual inoculation...
Mycorrhizal roles in plant growth, gas exchange, root morphology, and nutrient uptake of walnutsOriginal Paper
Guang-Ming Huang, Ying-Ning Zou, Qiang-Sheng Wu, Yong-Jie Xu, Kamil Kuča
Plant Soil Environ., 2020, 66(6):295-302 | DOI: 10.17221/240/2020-PSE
Walnut, an important oil fruit tree, is dependent on arbuscular mycorrhizas, while mycorrhizal roles and efficient mycorrhizal fungus in walnuts are unknown. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of five arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) species, including Acaulospora scrobiculata, Diversispora spurca, Glomus etunicatum, G. mosseae, and G. versiforme on plant growth, leaf gas exchange, root morphology, and root nutrient contents of walnut (Juglans regia L. Liaohe 1) seedlings. Three months of AMF inoculations later, root mycorrhizal colonisation achieved 47.0% to 76.4%....
Response of rapeseed fatty acid composition to foliar application of humic acid under different plant densitiesOriginal Paper
Mohammad Amiri, Amir Hossein Shirani Rad, Alireza Valadabadi, Saeed Sayfzadeh, Hamidreza Zakerin
Plant Soil Environ., 2020, 66(6):303-308 | DOI: 10.17221/220/2020-PSE
In order to the assessment of humic acid application on the qualitative characteristics of rapeseed in various plant densities, a factorial split-plot test was conducted for two cultivation years in Karaj, Iran. In this experiment, plant density considered in three levels (40, 60, and 80 plants/m2), humic acid at two concentrations (non-application and application at the concentration of 0.3%) in the main plots, and six cultivars of rapeseed embracing RGS003, Zafar, Julius, Jerry, Zabol10, and Hyola4815 in the sub-plots. The interaction effect of plant density ×humic acid × cultivar on seed yield, oil...