Türk Tarım ve Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi

Yazarlar: Fatma ÖZKAY, Sevinç KIRAN, İsmail TAŞ, Şebnem KUŞVURAN

Konular:Fen

Anahtar Kelimeler:Copper,Zinc,Lead,Cadmium,Eggplant,Stress

Özet: Sustainability of agriculture is only ensured by proper soil and water preservation practices. The idea of re-use of wastewater in agriculture is the critical issue regarding with the use and preservation of water resources in today’s water scarce conditions. However, heavy metals and trace elements in waste water are important contaminants for plants and soils. Heavy metals create a significant threat on health of environment, plants and eventually on the health of humans and animals. In this study, eggplant seedlings were irrigated with increasing doses of Copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd)-containing irrigation waters to investigate the effects of heavy metal concentrations on plant morphological characteristics (stem length, root length, leaf fresh and dry weight, root fresh and dry weight, leaf area) and soil properties (pH, electrical conductivity, cathion exchange capacity, organic matter). While significant changes were not observed in soil properties, effects of heavy metal treatments on plant morphological characteristics were found to be significant (p< 0.05).

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