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Distribution of cadmium between roots and shoots of barley was manipulated by the cadmium concentration (0.01 and 0.005 mM Cd2+), pH (4.6 and 5.9) as well as treatment duration. The prolongation of treatment increased dry mass and content of cadmium in plants. The cadmium is accumulated mainly in roots. Presence of both, 0.005 mM Cd2+ and 100 mM NaCl in medium at pH 5.9 (Cd-NaCl plants) resulted in the most severe growth inhibition of plants, but about one half accumulation of cadmium in roots then in a case of only Cd-treated plants. In the Cd-NaCl plants, the net photosynthetic and transpiration rates were less reduced then in a case of only NaCl-treated plants. The treatments also influenced uptake of Ca, Cd, Cu, K, Mg, Na and Zn predominantly in roots.
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Smýkalová, I., Zámečníková, B. The Relationship between Salinity and Cadmium Stress in Barley. Biologia Plantarum 46, 269–273 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022815013951
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