Selenium supply affects chlorophyll concentration and biomass production of maize (Zea mays L.)

Aliu Sali; Dukagjin Zeka; Shukri Fetahu; Imer Rusinovci; Hans-Peter Kaul

doi:10.2478/boku-2018-0021

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Selenium supply affects chlorophyll concentration and biomass production of maize (Zea mays L.)

Die Bodenkultur: Journal of Land Management, Food and Environment

Volume 69 (2018): Issue 4 (December 2018)

By: Aliu Sali, Dukagjin Zeka, Shukri Fetahu, Imer Rusinovci and Hans-Peter Kaul

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|Dec 2018

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Table 1

Influence of selenium on shoot and root biomass of single maize plants and the shoot-to-root ratio

Tabelle 1. Einfluss von Selen auf die Spross- und Wurzeltrockenmasse von Mais (pro Pflanze) sowie das Sproß/Wurzel-Verhältnis

Se (mg kg⁻¹)	Shoot (g plant⁻¹)		Root (g plant⁻¹)		Shoot-to-root ratio
	H	LP	H	LP	H	LP
Control	2.987^b	3.012^b	0.895^b	0.789^b	3.34^a	3.85^a
1.30	4.587^a	4.789^a	1.586^a	1.689^a	2.90^b	2.84^c
6.57	2.258^c	2.158^c	0.789^c	0.678^c	2.88^c	3.20^b
13	1.178^d	1.124^d	0.487^d	0.451^d	2.43^d	2.48^d
26	0.587^e	0.469^e	0.358^e	0.389^e	1.65^e	1.21^e

[i] H, hybrid; LP, local population.

Means in each column followed by the same letter are not significantly different.

Table 2

Influence of selenium on chlorophyll and carotenoid concentrations of maize (n = 3)

Tabelle 2. Einfluss von Selen auf den Chlorophyll- und Carotinoidgehalt von Mais (n = 3)

Se (mg kg^-1)	Chlorophyll a		Chlorophyll b		Total chlorophyll (a and b)		Carotenoids
	H	LP	H	LP	H	LP	H	LP
				(mg g⁻¹	FW)
Control	12.73^a	7.21^a	1.20^d	5.27^d	13.93^d	12.48^d	8.41^b	2.68^a
1.30	8.65^b	5.17^b	12.31^b	13.20^ab	20.96^a	18.37^a	9.12^a	2.20^ab
6.57	6.31^c	4.34^c	18.11^a	13.48^a	24.42^b	17.82^ab	4.51^c	0.30^b
13	5.23^c	4.44^c	8.89^c	12.47^b	14.12^c	16.91^c	4.31^c	0.30^b
26	4.10^cd	3.27^d	0.61^e	6.23^c	4.71^e	9.51^e	0.85^d	0.04^c

[i] H, hybrid; LP, local population; FW, fresh leaf weight.

Means in each column followed by the same letter are not significantly different.

Table 3

Pearson correlation coefficients for maize traits across different selenium treatments. The white areas show the correlation for the local population, the gray area for the hybrid.

Tabelle 3. Pearsons Korrelationskoeffizienten für die Merkmale von Mais. Die weiße Fläche zeigt die Korrelation für die lokale Population, die graue für den Hybrid.

Correlated traits	Chl-a	Chl-b	Carotenoids	Total (a chlorophyll and b)	Root BM	Shoot BM	Shoot-ratio to-root
Chl-a		-0.294	0.828^**	0.071	0.362	0.598^*	0.860^**
Chl-b	-0.191		0.166	0.933^**	0.378	0.298	0.308
Carotenoids	0.845^**	0.191		0.485	0.797^**	0.925^**	0.878^**
Total (a and chlorophyll b)	0.264	0.896^**	0.570^*		0.529^*	0.535^*	0.692^**
Root BM	0.553*	0.386	0.860**	0.629*		0.955^**	0.739^**
Shoot BM	0.675**	0.355	0.922**	0.653**	0.986**		0.614**
Shoot-ratio to-root	0.859**	0.115	0.797**	0.445	0.361	0.616*

[i] BM, biomass.

Correlation is significant at p < 0.05 (*) or p < 0.01 (**).

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Language: English, German

Page range: 249 - 255

Submitted on: Jul 23, 2018

Accepted on: Dec 10, 2018

Published on: Dec 31, 2018

Published by: Universität für Bodenkultur Wien

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Keywords:

maize,

Related subjects:

Ecology,

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