Morphological and Biochemical Fluctuations in MaizeVarieties Grown under Cadmium Stressed Environment

Zahoor Aanisia, Lal E. P., Shukla Pradeep K*, Ramteke Pramod W.

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Print ISSN : 0970-4078.
Online ISSN : 2229-4473.
Website:www.vegetosindia.org
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Doi: 10.5958/2229-4473.2015.00021.X
First Page: 152
Last Page: 156
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Keywords: Cadmium, Maize, Morphology, Chlorophyll, Heavy metal tolerance.


Abstract

The effect of different concentrations of heavy metal cadmium on morphological and biochemical changes in two different varieties of maize namely AMH-2457 and Sweety-4212 was studied. The result showed that all of the morphological characters were adversely affected with the increasing dose of cadmium moisture percentage, tolerance indices, fresh weight and dry weight decreased with the increasing dose of cadmium. Among the biochemical characters chlorophyll, carotenoid, protein showed remarkable decrease with increase in concentrations of cadmium. Both the varieties of maize showed significant adverse response to the cadmium. Variety AMH-2457 of maize (Zea mays L.) among the two varieties is less tolerant to higher concentrations of Cadmium.


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Zahoor Aanisia Lal E. P. Shukla Pradeep K* Ramteke Pramod W.
Department of Biological Sciences, School of Basic Sciences Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (Deemed To Be University), Allahabad-211007, Uttar Pradesh, India

*Corresponding author Email: pradeepshuklak@yahoo.co.in, pradeep.shukla@shiats.edu.in