不同有机肥对砂田西瓜产量、品质和养分吸收的影响

探讨不同有机肥对西北砂田西瓜生长、产量、品质和养分吸收利用的影响,为砂田西瓜合理施肥、优质高效生产提供理论依据.本试验以单施化肥为对照,在氮、磷、钾等养分条件下,设置了牛粪、鸡粪、羊粪、猪粪4个处理,测定了西瓜不同生育时期生长指标、产量、品质及养分吸收积累量.结果表明: 施用牛粪、鸡粪和猪粪有机肥较单施化肥可促进西瓜营养生长和氮、钾养分的运转,显著提高西瓜产量和养分的吸收积累量,其中西瓜产量较化肥处理分别显著提高了27.4%、31.6%和30.2%,氮素积累量分别提高了26.3%、39.8%和47.4%,磷素积累量分别提高了49.3%、48.3%和55.9%,钾素积累量分别提高了35.8%、41.6%和51.9%.猪粪处理的西瓜品质最优,中心、边缘可溶性固形物含量较化肥处理分别显著提高了5.5%和11.6%,Vc含量提高了19.9%.羊粪处理各指标与化肥处理间差异不显著,甚至略低于化肥处理.综上,砂田西瓜种植应优先选用猪粪和鸡粪有机肥,避免或减少施用羊粪有机肥.     

不同种植年限有机土基质的变化及其对温室黄瓜生长的影响

研究了不同种植年限有机土基质的理化性质变化及其对黄瓜生长的影响.结果表明：随着种植年限的增加,有机土栽培基质的理化性质变差,表现为容重增大、总孔隙度减小、土壤酸碱度降低、有效养分含量下降;有机土微生物区系中细菌、放线菌数量下降,真菌数量增多.随有机土种植年限的增加,黄瓜的生长受到一定影响,表现为株高、叶面积减小,光合功能衰退,黄瓜产量和品质下降,有必要对连续种植3年的有机土基质进行地力恢复.
     

Effects of Long-Term Fertilization on Leaf Photosynthetic Characteristics and Grain Yield in Winter Wheat

Based on a 20-year fertilization experiment with wheat-maize double cropping system, the effects of different long-term fertilization treatments on leaf photosynthetic characteristics and grain yield in different winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars were studied in the growing seasons of 2000–2001 and 2001–2002. A total of nine fertilization treatments were implemented, i.e. no fertilizer (CK), N fertilizer (N), N and P fertilizers (NP), N and K fertilizers (NK), N, P, and K fertilizers (NPK), only organic manure (M), organic manure and N fertilizer (MN), organic manure and N and P fertilizers (MNP), and organic manure and N, P, and K fertilizers (MNPK). With the treatments of combined organic manure and inorganic fertilizers (TMI), net photosynthetic rate (P _N), maximal activity of photosystem 2, PS2 (F_v/F_m), and chlorophyll content (SPAD value) of flag leaves and leaf area index (LAI) were much higher at the mid grain filling stage (20 or 23 d post anthesis, DPA), and exhibited slower declines at the late grain filling stage (30 DPA), compared with the treatments of only inorganic fertilizers (TI). The maximal canopy photosynthetic traits expressed as P _N×LAI and SPAD×LAI at the mid grain filling stage were also higher in TMI than those in TI, which resulted in different grain yields in TMI and TI. Among the treatments of TMI or among the treatments of TI, both flag leaf and canopy photosynthetic abilities and yield levels increased with the supplement of inorganic nutrients (N, P, and K fertilizers), except for the treatment of NK. Under NK, soil contents of N and K increased while that of P decreased. Hence the unbalanced nutrients in soil from the improper input of nutrients in NK treatment were probably responsible for the reduced flag leaf and canopy photosynthetic characteristics and LAI, and for the fast declining of flag leaf photosynthetic traits during grain filling, resulting in the reduced yield of NK similar to the level of CK.     

Effect of sulphate on photosynthesis in greenhouse–grown tomato plants

Sulphate accumulates in the rhizosphere of plants grown in hydroponic systems. To avoid such sulphate accumulation and promote the use of environmentally sound hydroponic systems, we examined the effects of four sulphate concentrations (0.1, 5,2, 10.4 and 20.8 m M ) on photosynthesis, ribulose-l,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco, EC 4.1.1.39) activities and related physiological processes in greenhouse–grown tomato plants ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. Trust). The lowest sulphate concentration (0.1 m M ) significantly decreased photosynthetic capacity (P_c) and Rubisco activities on a leaf area basis. This result was supported by our data for dry matter per plant, which was low for plants in the 0.1 m M treatment. The photosynthesis-related variables such as leaf conductance, chlorophyll and soluble protein were lowest for the 0.1 m M treatment. Both total Rubisco activity and the activated ratio were reduced with this treatment. However, Rubisco activities expressed per g of protein or per g of chlorophyll were not significantly affected. These results suggest that sulphur deficiency depressed P_c– by reducing the amount of both Rubisco and chlorophyll and by causing an inactivation of Rubisco. The ratio of organic sulphur vs organic nitrogen (S/N) in plants of the 0.1 m M treatment was far below the normal values. This low S/N ratio might be accountable for the negative effect of low sulphate on P_c and plant growth. P_c and dry matter were not affected until sulphate concentration in the nutrient solution reached a high level of 20.8 m M .     

有机肥替代化学氮肥对橡胶幼苗生长和土壤环境的影响

研究有机肥替代化学氮肥对橡胶幼苗生长和土壤环境的影响对橡胶的培育移植和土壤环境的改善具有重要意义.本研究以热研'7-33-97'品系橡胶幼苗为材料,以等氮(每株幼苗4.63 g全氮)替换的方式设置不施肥(CK)、单施化肥(N)、有机肥替代50％化肥(M+N)、有机肥替代100％化肥(M)4个施肥处理,分析了有机肥替代化...     

Combined effects of enhanced UV-B radiation and additional nutrients on growth of two Mediterranean plant species

Seedlings of two Mediterranean plants, the slow-growing, evergreen sclerophyll Ceratonia siliqua L. and the fast growing drought semi-deciduous Phlomis fruticosa L., were grown for one year in the field at ambient or ambient plus supplemental UV-B radiation (equivalent to a 15% ozone depletion) and two levels of applied fertilizers (NPK). The effects on growth, morphological, anatomical and physiological parameters were measured at final plant harvest. Additional nutrients increased leaf nitrogen, improved growth and reduced the root/shoot ratio in both plants, yet these effects were more pronounced in the fast growing P. fruticosa. A nutrient-induced increase in chlorophyll content was also observed in this plant. The growth responses to UV-B radiation were different for the two species. Growth in C. siliqua was not affected by UV-B radiation at both nutrient levels and the same was true for P. fruticosa at low nutrients. However, at the high nutrient level, supplemental UV-B radiation improved growth in P. fruticosa, indicating a strong interaction between the treatments. Photosystem II (PSII) photochemical efficiency, methanol-extractable UV-B absorbing capacity, total phenolics and tannins were not affected by either treatment in both plants. It is concluded that nutrient levels can strongly modify the UV-B radiation effects on growth of P. fruticosa. We presume that this may be correlated to the fast growing habit of this species.     

不同有机肥量对旱地玉米光合特性和产量的影响

在渭北旱塬合阳试验基地进行了4年的旱地有机培肥试验, 研究不同有机肥施用量对旱地玉米光合特性和产量的影响.结果表明： 与单施化肥相比,施有机肥处理的玉米各生育时期的叶片光合速率和气孔导度显著增大,胞间CO2浓度显著减小;随着有机肥施用量的增加,玉米叶片各生育时期的叶片光合速率和气孔导度逐渐增大,胞间CO2浓度逐渐减小.玉米各生育时期的光合作用主要受非气孔因素限制,施用有机肥显著降低了非气孔因素对光合的限制.连续4年施用有机肥,改善了土壤养分状况,使养分不再是玉米光合速率和产量的主要限制因子.     

不同培育方式对橡胶树实生苗生理指标、养分及长势的影响

橡胶树(Heveabrasiliensis)种子催芽生长一般使用沙床培育,沙子是不可再生资源,为了选择一种适合橡胶树种子培育方式来替代对沙子的依赖,该研究通过水培、悬空培育和传统的沙培比较橡胶树实生苗第1蓬叶稳定时,苗木的生长势、生理指标及养分含量。结果表明,水培实生苗地上部株高、茎粗、叶面积的长势最佳,壮苗指数和生物量的含量最高,但其根太长,根相对较细。水培的叶、茎、根的可溶性糖、丙二醛、游离脯氨酸、超氧化物歧化酶的含量均较低;水培和悬空培育的叶片和茎的叶绿素、类胡萝卜素及根系活力的含量没有显著性差异,均高于沙培。水培的叶、茎、根中的氮和磷含量最低,沙培的最高;而水培实生苗根和茎中钾的含量较高,叶片中含量与悬空培育、沙培均没有显著性差异;悬空培育在叶、茎、根中钾的含量最低。水培促进了苗木的生长,降低干旱胁迫,提高养分利用率,但后续还需调控根系,建设良好根团。悬空培育的苗木长势较弱,还需进一步完善方法。     

Manure Application and Cannabis Cultivation Influence on Speciation of Lead and Cadmium by Selective Sequential Extraction

The contamination of agricultural soils by heavy metals is a worldwide problem. Degradation of organic matter (OM) from organic amendments used in the remediation of metal-contaminated soils leads to changes in soil chemical properties shortly after their addition, which may affect the soil metal distribution. The effects of four differing organic amendments on chemical forms of Pb and Cd in a contaminated soil were investigated in a pot experiment of control unamended soil and soils amended with dry cow and poultry manures (20 g CM or PM kg^?1 soil), and cow and poultry manure extracts (2 g CME or PME kg^?1 soil) cultured with cannabis sativa. After eight weeks, a sequential extraction scheme was used to fractionate soil Pb and Cd into soluble-exchangeable (Sol-Exch), organic matter associated (AOM), and carbonates associated (ACar) forms. The addition of animal manures and their extracts increased the DTPA-extractable Pb and Cd in soil significantly. Soil Pb and Cd in Sol-Exch fraction were increased by manure applications. Both Pb and Cd in AOM fraction were increased by application of manures and their extracts. This increase was more obvious for Pb in application of cow and poultry manure extracts. The ACar chemical forms of Pb and Cd were also increased by application of manures and their extracts. The increases of Pb and Cd in Acar fraction was noticeable in soils treated with cow manure. Soil cultivation with cannabis sativa increased available, Sol-Exch, and AOM chemical forms of Pb in soil significantly compared to control soil. However, soil Pb and Cd in ACar fraction were decreased significantly by cannabis cultivation. The effect of cannabis cultivation on all of the Cd chemical forms (except on Sol-Exch) was similar to the results of Pb chemical forms. Plant cultivation had no significant effect on Cd in Sol-Exch chemical form.     

Influence of Potassium Deficiency on Photosynthesis,Chlorophyll Content,and Chloroplast Ultrastructure of Cotton Plants

In cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) grown in controlled-environment growth chamber the effects of K deficiency during floral bud development on leaf photosynthesis, contents of chlorophyll (Chl) and nonstructural saccharides, leaf anatomy, chloroplast ultrastructure, and plant dry matter accumulation were studied. After cotton plants received 35-d K-free nutrient solution at the early square stage, net photosynthetic rate (P _N) of the uppermost fully expanded main-stem leaves was only 23 % of the control plants receiving a full K supply. Decreased leaf P _N of K-deficient cotton was mainly associated with dramatically low Chl content, poor chloroplast ultrastructure, and restricted saccharide translocation, rather than limited stomata conductance in K-deficient leaves. Accumulation of sucrose in leaves of K-deficient plants might be associated with reduced entry of sucrose into the transport pool or decreased phloem loading. K deficiency during squaring also dramatically reduced leaf area and dry matter accumulation, and affected assimilate partitioning among plant tissues.     

Spatial patterning of pigmentation in evergreen leaves in response to freezing stress

Evergreen leaves of temperate climate plants are often subject to frosts. Changes in carbon gain patterns arise from freezing‐related tissue damage, and from interactions between light and temperature stress. We examined relationships between spatial patterns in freezing and concentrations of chlorophyll. Spatial patterns in pigmentation in leaves that had or had not been exposed to naturally occurring frosts were determined by conventional extraction techniques combined with high‐resolution hyperspectral imaging of reflectance from intact leaves. Predictive indices were developed to relate reflectance to chlorophyll content and chlorophyll a/b ratios within intact leaves. Leaves exposed to frosts had lower chlorophyll contents and more variable a/b ratios than protected leaves. In frost‐affected leaves, chlorophyll content was highest near leaf centres and decreased toward leaf tips and margins. Decline in chlorophyll content was associated with shifts in chlorophyll a/b ratios and increases in red pigmentation due to anthocyanin, with effects being greater on leaf sides exposed directly to the sun. These altered pigmentation patterns were consistent with patterns in freezing. The present results illustrate the fine scale of spatial variation in leaf response to freezing, and raise important questions about impacts of freezing on photosynthetic function in over‐wintering evergreens.     

Expansion Kinematics are an Intrinsic Property of Leaf Development and are Scaled from Cell to Leaf Level at Different Nutrient Availabilities

Abstract: Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum L. and Ricinus communis L. develop with a wide range of different final sizes due to leaf position and nutrient availability. The aim of this study was to investigate, on different organizational levels of leaf growth, which parameters are affected by external nutrient availability and which parameters are not affected and might thus be intrinsic, general patterns of growth that govern plant architecture. We found that leaf size and final cell size was larger with higher external nutrient availability, and that hexose concentrations in N. tabacum were lower with higher nutrient availability. Despite these differences, several dynamic parameters of leaf development were not affected by the nutrient treatment. Leaves of all sizes within a species exhibited the same relationship between relative leaf growth rate and relative leaf area (RLA), which is defined as the ratio of momentary and final leaf area. External nutrient availability did not affect chlorophyll concentration per parenchyma cell, which increased linearly with leaf development. Leaves of identical RLA exhibited identical cell density patterns within their interveinal tissue layers. This indicates a close connection between the kinematics of cell expansion and RLA and, hence, reveals that kinematics are an intrinsic property of growing leaves that can be scaled from the cell to the leaf level.     

Mineral nutrient supply, cell wall adjustment and the control of leaf growth

The possibility that changes in the plasticity of expanding cell walls are involved in regulating early leaf growth responses to nutrient deficiencies in monocot plants was investigated. Intact maize seedlings (Zea mays L.) which were hydroponically grown with their roots in low-nutrient solution (1 mol m^?3 CaCl₂) showed early inhibition of first-leaf growth, as compared with seedlings on complete nutrient solution. This early inhibition of leaf growth was not associated with reduced cell production. However, segmental elongation along the cell expansion zone at the base of the leaf and the lengths of mature epidermal cells were reduced by the low-nutrient treatment. Solute (osmotic) potentials in the expanding leaf tissues were unchanged. In contrast, low-nutrient treatments significantly altered leaf plasticity, i.e. the irreversible extension caused by applying a small force in the direction of leaf growth. For example, in vivo plasticity decreased, along with leaf growth, after transfer of seedlings from complete nutrient solution to low-nutrient solution for 15 h. Conversely, in vivo plasticity increased, along with leaf growth, after transfer of plants previously grown on low-nutrient solution to complete nutrient solution for 15 h. The nutrient treatments also induced similar changes in the in vitro plasticity of the expanding leaf cell walls. There were no consistent changes in elasticity. Thus, reductions in the plasticity of expanding leaf cell walls appear to be involved in controlling the early inhibition of maize leaf growth by root imposition of nutrient stress.     

人工调控措施下马尾松凋落叶化学质量变化及与分解速率的关系

马尾松凋落叶分解缓慢,促进其凋落物分解,提高养分归还速度,维持地力稳定,已成为马尾松人工林可持续经营中的关键问题。基于此,采用正交试验L_9(3~4)设计,选择菌剂、表面活性剂、不同碳氮营养液和有机肥料4种人工调控因素,在马尾松林下开展凋落叶分解调控试验,以掌握不同调控组合对凋落叶分解速率和化学质量的影响及作用效果等。结果表明:有机肥料和菌剂显著影响马尾松凋落叶分解速率,腐解剂2和鸡粪联合作用更利于分解。马尾松凋落叶在林下自然分解过程中,化学质量参数向着利于分解的方向变化,N、P以积累为主,C/N、C/P、L/N和L/P呈降低态势,人为调控措施加速了这一变化进程;不同调控措施对凋落叶化学质量参数的影响不尽相同,添加有机肥料有利于剩余凋落叶N、P含量升高,C/N、C/P、L/N和L/P的降低;菌剂腐解剂2有利于L/P、C/P的降低;表面活性剂OP-10有利于凋落叶L/N的降低。人工调控下,调控因素可通过改变凋落物化学质量影响其分解速率,N含量和C/N是影响马尾松凋落叶分解速率的主要因素;而P浓度、L/N、C/P、L/P对分解速率的影响不规律或不显著。     

Inductive responses of some organic metabolites for osmotic homeostasis in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) seedlings during salt stress

The salt tolerance of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) seedlings was evaluated by analyzing growth, nutrient uptake, electrolyte leakage, lipid peroxidation and alterations in levels of some organic metabolites under NaCl stress. The plant height, leaf area and plant biomass decreased significantly in salt-treated seedlings as compared with control. The relative water content (RWC %) of leaf decreased by 16 % at high concentrations of NaCl. There was an increase in the lipid peroxidation level and decrease in the electrolyte leakage at high concentrations of NaCl. The total free amino acid and proline contents of leaf increased by 5.5- and 43-folds, respectively in 150 mM NaCl-treated plants as compared with control. Total sugar and starch content increased significantly at high concentrations of NaCl. Chl a, Chl b, total chlorophyll and carotenoid contents decreased significantly at high salinity. Na⁺ contents of leaf, stem and root increased in dose-dependent manner. K⁺ content remained unaffected in leaf and root and decreased in stem by salinity. The results from present study reveal that the peanut plants have an efficient adaptive mechanism to tolerate high salinity by maintaining adequate leaf water status associated with growth restriction. In order to circumvent the stress resulting from high salinity, the levels of some organic metabolites such as total free amino acids, proline, total sugars and starch were elevated. The elevated levels of the organic metabolites may possibly have some role in maintenance of osmotic homeostasis, nutrient uptake and adequate tissue water status in peanut seedlings under high-salinity conditions.     

CO2 enrichment reduces the relative contribution of latex and latex-related hydrocarbons to biomass in Euphorbia lathyris

The hypothesis that plants grown under elevated CO₂ allocate more carbon to the production of latex and C‐rich secondary compounds whereas nutrient addition counteracts this effect was tested. Two similar experiments were conducted in two different experimental facilities. In both facilities seedlings of Euphorbia lathyris were exposed to factorial combinations of two CO₂ concentrations and two levels of nutrient availability for 2 months. The CO₂ treatments and growth conditions differed substantially between these two experiments but treatment responses to elevated CO₂ and fertilizer addition were remarkably similar, underlining the robustness of our findings. Elevated CO₂ increased biomass to a greater extent in fertilized than in unfertilized plants and reduced the leaf biomass fraction by accelerating leaf senescence. Concentrations of non‐structural carbohydrates (NSC) increased in elevated CO₂. However, this apparent carbon surplus did not feed into the whole plant latex pool. The latex harvest per leaf (?25%) and the concentration of latex‐related hydrocarbons (?20%) even decreased under elevated CO₂ (both experiments P < 0.05). Fertilization reduced NSC concentrations (?25%) but neither affected latex yield per leaf nor the concentration of latex‐related hydrocarbons. It is concluded that latex and related hydrocarbons in CO₂‐enriched plants are a negligible sink for excess carbon irrespective of nutrient status and thus, vigour of growth.     

有机物料对喀斯特地区石灰土有效N、Fe、Zn含量的影响

为研究不同有机物料对喀斯特石灰土元素有效性的影响,采用40 d的室内培养实验,比较了单独添加不同比例（1%、3%、5%）的生物质炭、鸡粪肥、羊粪肥对喀斯特石灰土有效N、Fe、Zn含量的影响。结果表明：添加生物质炭提高了喀斯特石灰土的pH值,而添加鸡粪肥和羊粪肥降低了喀斯特石灰土的pH值;添加3种有机物料均增加了喀斯特石灰土的有机质含量,大小关系为：生物质炭 > 鸡粪肥 > 羊粪肥,但添加鸡粪肥和羊粪肥土壤有机质的化学活性和微生物活性更高。受pH、有机质活性、碳氮比等因素的影响,添加鸡粪肥和羊粪肥能增加土壤有效N含量,但两种有机肥对土壤有效N的提高效果相差不大,而添加生物质炭反而降低了土壤有效N的含量;3种有机物料均能提高土壤的有效Fe和有效Zn含量,其中鸡粪肥效果最佳,其次为羊粪肥和生物质炭。当3种有机物料的添加比例为5%时,生物质炭处理土壤的有效N、Fe、Zn含量分别是对照处理的0.92、1.13、1.21倍;鸡粪肥处理土壤的有效N、Fe、Zn含量分别是对照处理的1.22、1.63和3.39倍;羊粪肥处理土壤的有效N、Fe、Zn含量分别是对照处理的1.27、1.34和2.59倍。所以,相对于生物质炭,有机粪肥对喀斯特地区的石灰土有更好的改良效果。     

Differential effect of short-term cold stress on growth, anatomy, and hormone levels in cold-sensitive versus -resistant cultivars of Digitaria eriantha

Two cultivars of Digitaria eriantha (cold-sensitive cv. Sudafricana and cold-resistant cv. Mejorada INTA) were exposed to cold stress (5?°C) for 0, 6, 24, or 72?h, and compared in terms of leaf and root growth, recovery period, shoot and leaf anatomy, and levels of chlorophyll, auxin (indole-3-acetic acid, IAA) and cytokinins (CKs). In Sudafricana, cold treatment caused reduced growth, slight changes in chlorophyll level, reduced levels of IAA and CK iso-pentenyladenine (iP), and reduced leaf dry weight (DW) and fresh weight (FW) during the recovery period. Anatomical damage was observed in chloroplasts, main stem, and axillary buds. Ultrastructural study showed reduced numbers of starch grains in chloroplasts of the bundle sheath and mesophyll. In Mejorada, cold treatment had no significant effect on growth or chlorophyll level. Leaf DW and FW quickly returned to normal levels during the recovery period. Anatomy of ground meristem was affected, but ultrastructure of bundle sheath and mesophyll chloroplasts was not. The cold tolerance of cv. Mejorada appears to be related to the stability of chlorophyll and CK levels, increase of IAA, and maintenance of normal shoot and leaf anatomy and ultrastructure.     

Growth,Yield and Fruit Quality of Grapevines under Organic and Biodynamic Management

The main objective of this study was to determine growth, yield and fruit quality of grapevines under organic and biodynamic management in relation to integrated viticultural practices. Furthermore, the mechanisms for the observed changes in growth, yield and fruit quality were investigated by determining nutrient status, physiological performance of the plants and disease incidence on bunches in three consecutive growing seasons. A field trial (Vitis vinifera L. cv. Riesling) was set up at Hochschule Geisenheim University, Germany. The integrated treatment was managed according to the code of good practice. Organic and biodynamic plots were managed according to Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 and according to ECOVIN- and Demeter-Standards, respectively. The growth and yield of the grapevines differed strongly among the different management systems, whereas fruit quality was not affected by the management system. The organic and the biodynamic treatments showed significantly lower growth and yield in comparison to the integrated treatment. The physiological performance was significantly lower in the organic and the biodynamic systems, which may account for differences in growth and cluster weight and might therefore induce lower yields of the respective treatments. Soil management and fertilization strategy could be responsible factors for these changes. Yields of the organic and the biodynamic treatments partially decreased due to higher disease incidence of downy mildew. The organic and the biodynamic plant protection strategies that exclude the use of synthetic fungicides are likely to induce higher disease incidence and might partially account for differences in the nutrient status of vines under organic and biodynamic management. Use of the biodynamic preparations had little influence on vine growth and yield. Due to the investigation of important parameters that induce changes especially in growth and yield of grapevines under organic and biodynamic management the study can potentially provide guidance for defining more effective farming systems.     

Posters Part 2

The effects of different CdCl₂ concentrations on the growth and on certain biochemical parameters of almond seedlings (Prunus dulcis) were studied under controlled conditions in the nutrient solutions containing increasing CdCl₂ concentrations ranging from 0 to 150 μM CdCl₂. Under Cd stress conditions, damage was variable. Cadmium reduced dry matter production in leaves and roots. While chlorophyll content was severely decreased, that of leaf sugars appeared to be increased. Furthermore, leaf nutritional status seemed to be more altered than that of roots. Both in roots and leaves, there was an increase in MDA content as metal concentration increased. It may be suggested from the present study that toxic concentrations of Cd cause oxidative damage as shown by the increase of lipid peroxidation.