Plant, Soil and Environment, 2023 (vol. 69), issue 12
Humic acid ameliorates phytoremediation, plant growth and antioxidative enzymes in forage turnip (Brassica rapa L.)Original Paper
Sibel Boysan Canal, Mehmet Ali Bozkurt, Hilal Yílmaz
Plant Soil Environ., 2023, 69(12):567-576 | DOI: 10.17221/394/2023-PSE 
In this study, the effects of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and humic acid (HA) chelate applied to soils contaminated with heavy metals on the development, antioxidant defence system, and phytoremediation of forage turnip (Brassica rapa L.) were investigated for the first. Three doses of EDTA (E1: 5 mmol/kg, E2: 10 mmol/kg, E3: 15 mmol/kg) and three doses of HA (HA1: 500 mg/kg, HA2: 1 000 mg/kg, HA3: 2 000 mg/kg) were applied to soils contaminated with heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Zn, and Cr) in the pot. According to experiment results, HA application as chelate to the polluted soil caused a significant increase in the growth of forage turnip. Phytoremediation...
Effect of pulsed electromagnetic field on yield of grain, yield of protein and oil of soybeanOriginal Paper
Marija Bajagić, Vojin Đukić, Zlatica Miladinov Mamlić, Jovana Sekulić, Vojin Cvijanović, Nenad Đurić, Gorica Cvijanović
Plant Soil Environ., 2023, 69(12):577-585 | DOI: 10.17221/336/2023-PSE
One of the latest environmentally friendly methods in soybean production technology is the pulsed electromagnetic field of low frequencies (PEMP). The paper presents the results of the influence of electromagnetic stimulation of soybean seeds on grain yield, protein and oil yield, depending on different agroclimatic conditions, exposure time and frequency. In the 2012–2017 research period, the soybean cv. Valjevka was used in the Institute of Field and Vegetable Agriculture experimental field, Novi Sad, Serbia. Immediately before sowing, the seeds were subjected to PEMP treatment, with a pulse generator and a tape applicator, in the following...
Impact of seed coating with superabsorbent polymers on morphological, physiological and production traits of maize (Zea mays L.)Original Paper
Marek Rašovský, Vladimír Pačuta, Ján Gažo, Nika Briediková, Dominika Lenická, Beata Michalska-Klimczak, Zdzislaw Wyszyňski
Plant Soil Environ., 2023, 69(12):586-595 | DOI: 10.17221/209/2023-PSE
Due to ongoing climate change, the need for the application of adaptive strategies in agriculture is increasing, particularly in areas with insufficient rainfall, high temperatures and weather fluctuations during the vegetation period. Therefore, an experiment was conducted in 2020 and 2021 to determine the influence of superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) on morphological, physiological and production traits of maize. SAPs were applied using a method of seed coating, which is considered cost-effective and environmentally friendly. Due to the impact of SAPs, significantly larger weights of leaves and roots, as well as the length of roots in the initial growth...
Hyperspectral analysis of the content of the alkali-hydrolysed nitrogen in the soil of a millet fieldOriginal Paper
Tingyu Zhu, Zhiqiang Wang, Zilin Zhang, Xiuhan He, Gangao Li, Zongbao Huang, Lili Guo, Zhiwei Li, Huiling Du
Plant Soil Environ., 2023, 69(12):596-607 | DOI: 10.17221/421/2023-PSE
Hyperspectral imaging technology has emerged as a prominent research area for quantitatively estimating soil nutrient content owing to its non-destructive, rapid, and convenient features. Our work collected the data from soil samples using the hyperspectrometer. Then, the data were processed. The competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS) algorithm reduced the original 148 bands to 13, which accounted for 8.8% of the total bands. These selected bands possess a certain level of interpretability. Based on the modelling results, it can be concluded that the prediction model constructed by the least squares support vector machine (LSSVM) exhibited...
Characterisation of iodo- plus mesosulfuron resistance in an Alopecurus myosuroides Huds. Population from the Czech RepublicOriginal Paper
Kateřina Hamouzová, Jakub Mikulka, Jaromír Šuk, Madhab Kumar Sen, Pavlína Košnarová, Soham Bhattacharya, Josef Soukup
Plant Soil Environ., 2023, 69(12):608-614 | DOI: 10.17221/377/2023-PSE
The intensification of Alopecurus myosuroides Huds. (black-grass) is becoming a major problem due to its growing resistance to a broad spectrum of acetolactate synthase (ALS)-inhibiting herbicides. Hence, the present study was conducted to evaluate the resistance level of a black-grass population to iodosulfuron plus mesosulfuron and to identify the underlying resistance mechanism. Dose-response studies revealed that the resistance population is 22 times less sensitive to iodosulfuron plus mesosulfuron than the susceptible population. The probable resistance mechanism identified was the target-site substitution of proline (Pro) by threonine...
Polymorphism of Bolivian accessions of Arachis hypogaea L. revealed by allergen coding DNA markersOriginal Paper
Jana Žiarovská, Lucia Urbanová, Julio Montero-Torres, Adam Kováčik, Lucia Klongová, Rohit Bharati, Sandra Romero-Ortega, Eloy Fernández-Cusimamani, Olga Leuner
Plant Soil Environ., 2023, 69(12):615-627 | DOI: 10.17221/306/2023-PSE
Arachis hypogaea L. is an annual legume that is one of the most consumed plant species. On the other hand, it belongs to one of the most monitored clinically important allergens worldwide. The polymorphism of this species based on allergen coding genes could be useful in its characterisation, but previously, no allergen-based marker techniques have been developed for peanuts. A new type of DNA-based markers of coding regions were used to analyse the variability of 21 peanut accessions – BBAP (Bet v1 based amplicon polymorphism), PBAP (profilin based amplicon polymorphism), and VBAP (vicilin based amplicon polymorphism). All of the used technique...
Differences in the removal efficiency of heavy metals in soils with different vegetation backgrounds along the China-Russia crude oil pipelineOriginal Paper
Shiyi Chen, Cunyong Ju, Yang Du, Tianqi Mu, Tijiu Cai
Plant Soil Environ., 2023, 69(12):628-639 | DOI: 10.17221/361/2023-PSE
This work discusses the differences in the removal efficiency of heavy metals in soils along the China-Russia crude oil pipeline in different vegetation backgrounds. In this paper, two representative forest types, birch forest and larch forest, were selected for replicated sampling and experimental study in the soil of disturbed and undisturbed areas along the pipeline, respectively. The results showed that after ten years of vegetation restoration, the amount of heavy metals in the soil of birch and larch forests decreased, the Cu content in the soil under the background of the birch forest was higher than that of the larch forest, while the Zn, Mn...