Cadmium Accumulation in Cacao Plants (Theobroma cacao L.) under Drought Stress
Antonio Ortiz-Álvarez,
Stanislav Magnitskiy,
Elías Alexander Silva-Arero
et al.
Abstract:The objective of this study was to determine Cd accumulation under water-deficit conditions by young cacao plants. The study was conducted under greenhouse conditions. Two full-sib families (IMC67 × PA121 and SCA6 × PA121), obtained through controlled crosses, and an open pollinated half-sib seedling family of IMC67, widely used as rootstock in Colombia, were employed. Plants were grown in Cd-contaminated soil (0.356 mg kg−1) without external sources of the metal. They were subjected to water deficit by suspen… Show more
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