Cadmium Uptake, Accumulation and Tolerance in Hydroponic Brassica chinensis (Pak Choi)
Mohammad Moneruzzaman Khandaker1*,Nuratiqah Emran1, Nurul Elyni Mat Shaari1, Arba Aleem2, Zanariah Mohd Nor1 and Ali Majrashi3
1Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Faculty of Bioresources and Food Industry, School of Agricultural Science and Biotechnology, Campus Besut, 22200 Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia; 2Faculty of Applied Science, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), 40450 Selangor, Shah Alam, Malaysia; 3Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Taif Universiti, P. O. Box11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.
*Correspondence | Mohammed Moneruzzaman Khandaker,Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Faculty of Bioresources and Food Industry, School of Agricultural Science and Biotechnology, Campus Besut, 22200 Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia; Email: moneruzzaman@unisza.edu.my
Figure 1:
The effect of cadmium on the seed germination of Pak Choi (at day 3). CdCl2 at 0.4 mM concentration reduced seed germination significantly.
Figure 2:
The effects of different concentrations of cadmium on (a) Shoot length and (b) root length of Pak Choi Grown in hydroponic conditions.
Figure 3:
Fresh weight of Pak Choi shoot (a) and root (b), and the length of (c) shoot and (d) root as affected by different treatments of Cd. * Denote significant difference among treatments.
Figure 4:
The leaf number (a) and chlorophyll content (b) of hydroponic Pak Choi as affected by different concentrations of cadmium. * Denote significant difference among treatments.