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P L E N Á R I S T U D O M Á N Y O S Ü L É S S Z A K<br />

THE EFFECT OF NICKEL ON TRANSLOCATION OF MICRO-<br />

AND MACROELEMENTS DURING GERMINATION OF MAIZE SEEDS<br />

Author: Ottó DOROGHÁZI 4 th year undergraduate student<br />

Supervisor: Dr. Rudolf KASTORI academician<br />

Institution: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agricultural, Department of Field and Vegetable Crops,<br />

Section for Soil and Plant Nutrition, Novi Sad<br />

Hungarian College for Higher Education in Vojvodina<br />

Nickel was recognized as essential element for higher plants since quite recently. Higher concentrations of nickel,<br />

as well as of the other heavy metals, have negative effect on plant metabolism and hence on their growth and development.<br />

That is the principle reason for which toxic effects of nickel attract more attention than its role in plant physiological<br />

processes. The aim of this study was to reveal the role of different nickel concentrations on germination and initial<br />

growth of young maize plants as well as on translocation of some micro- and macroelements from the seed to the<br />

shoot of young seedling. The experiment was done on maize hybrid NS 7016, under controlled conditions, with four<br />

different nickel concentrations: 10 -5 , 10 -4 , 10 -3 and 10 -2 mol Ni dm -3 . Germination and germination energy were determined<br />

by standard method (Official bulletin SFRJ 47/87) and concentrations of analyzed elements by ICP.<br />

The highest applied nickel concentration significantly reduced germination, germination energy, growth and<br />

mass of both roots and shoots of seedlings. It concomitantly increased the number of atypical seedlings and ungerminated<br />

seeds. In seeds treated by nickel its concentration increased, which affected translocation of tested elements during<br />

germination from the seed to the shoot, in different ways depending on element. The results point out high toxicity<br />

of higher nickel concentrations on plant metabolic processes.<br />

Further investigations will be focused on studies of the effects of nickel on the activity of enzymes during germination.<br />

Keywords: nickel contamination, maize, germination, mobilization of elements<br />

V I I . V A J D A S Á G I M A G Y A R T U D O M Á

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