Plant, Soil and Environment, 2022 (vol. 68), issue 11
Cerium improves plant growth and fruit quality of strawberry plants under salt stress by changing the antioxidant capacity and water physiologyOriginal Paper
Xinliang Zhao, Xiaoqing Zhang, Shang Gao, Changjuan Shan
Plant Soil Environ., 2022, 68(11):499-509 | DOI: 10.17221/168/2022-PSE 
This study investigated the effects of cerium (Ce) on the growth and fruit quality of strawberries under salt stress. The findings revealed that salt stress markedly enhanced the activities of antioxidant enzymes and increased the contents of malonaldehyde (MDA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in leaves and the contents of anthocyanins, phenolic compounds, vitamin C (Vc), soluble sugar (SS) and titratable acid (TA) in fruits. Ce markedly improved the activities of ascorbate peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, peroxidase and catalase in leaves and the contents of anthocyanins, phenolic compounds, Vc and SS in fruits, but significantly decreased MDA and H2O2...
Inoculation of soybean seeds by rhizobia with nanometal carboxylates reduces the negative effect of drought on N2 and CO2 assimilationOriginal Paper
Dmytro Kiriziy, Sergii Kots, Lilia Rybachenko, Petro Pukhtaievych
Plant Soil Environ., 2022, 68(11):510-515 | DOI: 10.17221/287/2022-PSE
The effect of individual nanometals (Co, Fe, Cu, Ge) carboxylates (NMC) as components of the suspension for seeds inoculation with rhizobia on the nitrogen fixation rate and the parameters of CO2 and H2O gas exchange in soybean plants grown under different water conditions was investigated. The scheme of trials included the following variants: 1 - seeds + strain B1-20; 2 - seeds + (strain B1-20 + nano-cobalt carboxylate); 3 - seeds + (strain В1-20 + nano-ferrum carboxylate); 4 - seeds + (strain B1-20 + nano-cuprum carboxylate); 5 - seeds + (strain B1-20 + nano-germanium carboxylate). The results showed that during the flowering period, drought...
Prediction of arsenic accumulation in a calcareous soil-wheat/maize rotation system with continuous amendment of sewage sludgeOriginal Paper
Huiqing Chang, Linlin Huang, Panpan Song, Liyang Ru
Plant Soil Environ., 2022, 68(11):516-524 | DOI: 10.17221/207/2022-PSE
A potted experiment was conducted to explore the accumulation of arsenic (As) and predict the uptake of As by a wheat-maize rotation system in calcareous soil with different rates of sewage sludge (SS) amendment over two consecutive years. The SS amendment decreased the pH value of calcareous soil but increased the cation exchange capacity (CEC), calcium carbonate (CC), organic carbon (OC) and As accumulation in soil and crops with increasing SS addition. The As bioconcentration factor (BCF) of wheat and maize had a significant negative correlation with pH, CC and a significant positive correlation with OC. Soil CEC had a significant positive correlation...
Variability of cannabinoid yields of fibre hemp cultivars depending on the sowing density and nitrogen fertilisationOriginal Paper
Joanna Poniatowska, Katarzyna Panasiewicz, Milena Szalata, Livia Zarina, Sanita Zute, Karolina Wielgus
Plant Soil Environ., 2022, 68(11):525-532 | DOI: 10.17221/223/2022-PSE
The aim of the experiments was to determine the effect of sowing density and nitrogen fertilisation on the cannabidiol (CBD) and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) yields in selected cultivars of fibre hemp. A three-factor field experiment was conducted in 2014-2016. Factor A: cultivar (Futura 75, KC Dora and Tygra), factor B: sowing density (60 and 180 seeds/m2) and factor C: nitrogen fertilisation (0, 30, 60 and 90 kg/ha). The CBD yield ranged from 10.52 g/m2 in cv. Tygra to 10.99 g/m2 in cv. KC Dora. Among the examined cultivars, the highest yield of Δ9-THC in cv. KC Dora was observed. Sowing density did not modify the CBD yield,...
Effects of various poppy seed pre-sowing treatments on the dynamics of field emergence, structure of yield parameters, oil content and yield of seedOriginal Paper
Matěj Satranský, Ivana Capouchová, Barbora Burešová, Pavel Procházka
Plant Soil Environ., 2022, 68(11):533-541 | DOI: 10.17221/364/2022-PSE
The effects of various pre-sowing treatments of poppy seed (chemical product Cruiser OSR, stimulation products TS Osivo and Enviseed, physical treatment by E-ventus method, biological products Polyversum and Gliorex) on dynamics of field emergence, seed yield, and structure of yield parameters were evaluated in two cultivars grown in three-year trials. Seed treatment with TS Osivo and Enviseed led to a significant increase in field emergence compared to the untreated control and was on the same level as the Cruiser OSR-treated variant. In variants treated with Polyversum, Gliorex, and E-ventus, the number of emerged plants was noticeably lower. The...
Soil weed seedbank under different cropping systems of middle Indo-Gangetic PlainsOriginal Paper
Prashant Sharma, Manoj K. Singh, Kamlesh Verma, Saroj K. Prasad
Plant Soil Environ., 2022, 68(11):542-551 | DOI: 10.17221/162/2022-PSE
Trees on agricultural fields can have a positive or negative impact on weed seedbank (WSB) due to diverse environmental and soil characteristics. Therefore, soil samples were drawn in six cropping systems [two agroforest systems (AFS): guava, mango; three horticulture systems (HCS): guava, mango, Indian gooseberry; and annual crop system (ACS)] at two landscape positions (lowland and upland) and two soil depths (0-15 cm and 15-30 cm) using factorial randomised block design each replicated three times. Results showed that guava-AFS had the highest WSB of different categories in general and individual weed species in particular, except for Eragrostis...