A multivariate study: variation in uptake of trace and toxic elements by various varieties of Sorghum bicolor L.
The aim of present study was to evaluate the variation in uptake of elements (As, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, Pb and Zn) by different varieties of Sorghum bicolor L., plants grown in soil amended with untreated industrial waste water sewage sludge (SUIS), on same experimental plots. The power of chemometrics was also used in exploring the potential natural and/or anthropogenic sources responsible for elemental contents in different varieties of sorghum. Hierarchical cluster analysis was used to explore the different variety of sorghum grouping according to corresponding their SUIS samples as additional information to the output obtained by principal component analysis. Significant genotypic variation was detected in the fourteen elements concentrations in sorghum grains, indicating the possibility to reduce the concentration of toxic elements in grains through breeding approach. It was observed that high tolerance limit of toxic elements was observed in sorghum variety PARC-SV-1.
Jamali
Mohammad Khan
MK
NCEAC Sindh university, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan. mkhanjamali@yahoo.com
Kazi
Tasneem Gul
TG
Arain
Mohammad Balal
MB
Afridi
Hassan Imran
HI
Jalbani
Nusrat
N
Sarfraz
Raja Adil
RA
Baig
Jameel Ahmed
JA
D016000:Cluster Analysis; D008670:Metals / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D045868:Sorghum / Q000378:metabolism*
D008670:Metals