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  1. CORESTA Congress, Paris, 2006, AP 36

    Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizae on cadmium uptake by tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

    JANOUSKOVA M.; VOSATKA M.; ROSSI L.; MARTIN F.; DONINI P.; LUGON-MOULIN N.
    Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dept. of Mycorrhizal Symbioses, Prùhonice, Czech Republic.
    Cadmium (Cd) uptake by tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum L.) varieties Basma BEK, K326 and TN90 inoculated with five arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) isolates was studied in a pot experiment. Despite low levels of root colonisation, AM symbiosis affected Cd...
  2. CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, Santa Cruz do Sul, 2005, A 07

    Survey on cadmium concentration in flue-cured, burley and oriental tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) leaves

    LUGON-MOULIN N.; MARTIN F.; KRAUSS M.R.; RAMEY P.B.; ROSSI L.
    Philip Morris Intl, R&D, c/o Philip Morris Products SA, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Philip Morris Intl Mgt SA, Leaf Agronomy, Lausanne, Switzerland, Philip Morris Intl, R&D, Richmond, VA, USA,
    Cadmium (Cd) is classified as a known human carcinogen (Class 1) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. It is one of the potential carcinogenic substances in tobacco products. Cadmium accumulation in crop plants such as tobacco (...