Tob. Sci., 1983, 27-09, p. 28-29, ISSN. 0082-4523
Tobacco leaves accumulate cadmium from root applications of the heavy metal
Department of Plant Pathology, N.J. Agricultural Experiment Station, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
When cadmium chloride (2.0 ppm) was applied in the nutrient solution to sand cultures of tobacco, cadmium was readily translocated into the shoots. As a result, leaves contained twice as much cadmium as the roots. Inasmuch as the leaves are the...