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- Title
Influence of humus on chromium absorption by coffee seedlings grown on substrate containing tannery sludge.
- Authors
da Silva Berilli, Sávio; da Silva Oliveira, Dhiego; Martineli, Leonardo; Louzada Pereira, Lucas; Da Cunha, Maura; Pireda, Saulo
- Abstract
Chromium is present in the tannery sludges worldwide making it a problem for agriculture. This study aimed to evaluate whether humus functions as a chromium stabilizing agent when using tannery sludge in the substrate of conilon coffee seedlings (Coffea canephora) and to determine what effects there are on leaf development and anatomy. Treatments consisted of a fixed dose of tannery sludge (30% of volume) on substrates of conilon coffee seedlings with different proportions of humus and subsoil (T-10, T-20, T-30, T-40% of humus). Information for the evaluation of leaf anatomy and seedling development was collected at 180 days after the planting of cuttings. From the phenological point of view, the treatments that best promoted seedling quality were T-30 and T-40. However, the greater the amount of humus in the substrate the greater the absorption of chromium by plants, which directly affected the organization of epidermal cells and leaf mesophyll. In addition, intense cytoplasmic degradation, ultrastructural changes in chloroplasts and mitochondria, and an increase in autophagic vacuoles were observed. We conclude that increasing the amount of humus in substrate with tannery sludge provides higher quality coffee seedlings, despite promoting greater absorption of chromium by plants and the consequent major intracellular disturbances.
- Subjects
HUMUS; COFFEE growing; CHROMIUM; LEAF development; AUTOPHAGY; LEAF anatomy; SEEDLING quality; COFFEE brewing; PLANT cuttings
- Publication
Revista Ceres, 2023, Vol 70, Issue 1, p87
- ISSN
0034-737X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-737X202370010010