Author/Authors :
MILIVOJEVIĆ, Jelena Small Grains Research Center, Serbia , ĐEKIĆ, Vera Small Grains Research Center, Serbia , JELIĆ, Miodrag University of Priština - Faculty of Agriculture, Kosovo , BOŠKOVIĆ-RAKOČEVIĆ, Ljiljana University of Kragujevac - Faculty of Agronomy, Serbia , SIMIĆ, Zoran University of Kragujevac - Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Serbia , PERIŠIĆ, Vesna Small Grains Research Center, Serbia
Abstract :
To ensure safe food production, cultivar specificity of winter wheat with respect to mineral nutrition was studied in order to determine genotypic differences in the accumulation of certain microelements (Zn and Cu). Soil properties, plant species and genotypes were found to be major factors affecting the uptake of microelements by wheat plants. NPK and lime treatments resulted in a decrease in Zn content, but the decrease was not below the concentrations that would make the plants suffer from nutrient deficiencies. Conversely, as regards Cu in NPK + CaCO3 and NPK + CaCO3 + manure treatments, Cu deficiency can lead to certain morphological and anatomical changes in some cultivars.
Keywords :
microelements , wheat , accumulation , cultivar specificity
