The influence of soil preparation on the concentrations of iron, aluminium, zinc and cadmium in leaves of Betula spp. and Maianthemum bifolium

• Published in: Annales botanici fennici Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 139 - 143
• Main Authors: CASTRÉN, MIRJA, HAAVISTO, TEIJA, LEINONEN, KARI P., POUTANEN, HELENA, NUORTEVA, PEKKA
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Helsinki The Finnish Botanical Publishing Board 01-01-1990; Akateeminen kirjakauppa
• Subjects: Acid soils; Agricultural site preparation; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Aluminum; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Betula pubescens; Biological and medical sciences; Cadmium; Coniferous forests; Deciduous forests; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on plants and fungi; Forest ecosystems; Forest soils; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Tillage; Zinc; Europe; Finland; Cadmium; Monocotyledones; Forests; Soil tillage; Acid rain; Biological indicator; Aluminium; Iron; Plant leaf; Forest soil; Method; Inorganic element; Zinc; Heavy metal; Pollutant; Liliaceae; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; pH; Spermatophyta; Betula; Soil plant relation; Betulaceae
• ISSN: 0003-3847; 1797-2442

The influence of two different soil preparation methods (tilt ploughing and full tilling with disc plough) on the concentration of Fe, Al, Zn and Cd in leaves of Betula pubescens Ehrh. and B. pendula Roth. and Maianthemum bifolium (L.) F.W. Schmidt was studied in the experimental areas of the Finnish Forest Research Institute in Kuru, Central Finland. Elevated levels of Al, Fe and Zn were noted in the leaves of birches growing in tilled areas. As for Al and Zn, the difference found between the areas tilled by using the two methods of soil preparation was not statistically significant. In the case of iron, however, a significantly higher concentration was found in the full tilled areas than in the tilt ploughed and untilled areas. The tilling of the soil had no effect on the metal concentration of the leaves of M. bifolium.