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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (27): 20-25.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb20200100070

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Biochar Application Under Chromium (Ⅵ) Stress: Effect on Physiological Response and Chromium (Ⅵ) Absorption of Maize Seedlings

Ge Chunhui(), Zhang Yunshun(), Tang Guangmu   

  1. Institute of Soil and Fertilizer, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Science, Urumqi 830091
  • Received:2020-01-21 Revised:2020-03-09 Online:2020-09-25 Published:2020-09-23
  • Contact: Zhang Yunshun E-mail:1998@163.com;724175653@qq.com

Abstract:

The objective is to study the effect of biochar application on the physiological response and chromium absorption of maize seedlings under Cr (Ⅵ) stress. Maize was used as the test material, 5 treatments were set up. The biological indexes were determined, such as the aboveground and underground biomass of maize seedlings, the contents of malonaldehyde (MDA), proline, soluble sugar, soluble protein in leaves, the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD) and catalase (CAT). Under Cr (Ⅵ) stress, the fresh weight of aboveground part under biochar treatment was increased by 12.73%, 32.73% and 38.40% compared with that of CK1, respectively, and BC450 and BC600 treatment had significant difference compared with CK1(P<0.05); the content of chromium in the root system of BC600 treatment was only 1.258 mg/kg, which reduced the amount of chromium absorption by 65.75%, while the content of chromium in the aerial part was only 0.36 mg/kg. The activity of MDA, proline, CAT, POD and SOD increased significantly (P<0.05). Compared with CK1, MDA, proline, POD, CAT and SOD decreased significantly (P<0.05) in BC600 treatment, but the content of soluble protein and soluble sugar increased significantly (P<0.05). According to comprehensive assessment, the degree of Cr (Ⅵ) stress on maize seedling of BC treatment is lower than that of the control, and biochar applied has certain fixed effect on Cr (Ⅵ), especially BC600.

Key words: Cr (Ⅵ) stress, biochar, maize seedling, physiological response, chromium absorption

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