Screening sorghum for tolerance to excess manganese in solution culture |
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Authors: | Mgema W G Clark R B |
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Institution: | (1) ARI, Mlingano, Private Bag, Ngomeni, Tanga, Tanzania;(2) Appalachian Soil and Water Conservation Research Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Airport Road, P.O. Box 867, 25802-0867 Beckley, WV, USA |
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Abstract: | This study was conducted to define traits to screen sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) genotypes for tolerance to excess Mn. Visual Mn toxicity symptoms, net and total root lengths, shoot and root dry matter yields, and shoot and root Mn concentrations were determined for plants grown in nutrient solutions (pH 4.5) at different levels of Mn (0, 3, 6, 9 and 12 mM above the initial 18 M) to assess plant responses to excess Mn. Dry matter yields showed greatest variability among genotypes, and was an effective trait to evaluate sorghum for tolerance to excess Mn. Reductions in dry matter yields did not occur until Mn levels were above 3 mM. Levels of Mn between 3 and 6 mM could effectively be used to screen sorghum for genotypic differences to excess Mn. Manganese levels above 6 mM were too severe to allow good genotypic differentiation. Of genotypes tested, NB9040 and Wheatland showed good tolerance and SC283 and ICA-Nataima were sensitive to excess Mn. |
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Keywords: | acid soil tolerance dry matter yield Mn toxicity root length Sorghum bicolor visual toxicity symptoms |
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