The toxicity of aluminum (Al) to wheat (Triticum aestivum
Host) was studied under controlled conditions using a technique
designed to evaluate the recovery of root growth following a relatively
brief (48 hour) exposure to nutrient solutions containing
Al, When wheat seedlings were exposed to a minimum critical
concentration of Al,...
The progression and consequences of aluminum toxicity were
studied microscopically in the root tips of four wheat varieties
representing different classes of Al tolerance. The root tips studied
were collected from seedlings grown in nutrient solution cultures containing
either sublethal or lethal Al treatments which were unique for
each variety....
The time-concentration interaction of Al toxicity in the root
meristems of Brevor wheat was studied using the L.D. 50 as a criteria
for Al damage. The L.D. 50 represented a precise, well defined
degree of biological damage which was easily reproduced under conditions
where factors like temperature, pH, nutrient concentration,...
A technique previously designed to screen wheat cultivars and
segregating populations for tolerance to Aluminum utilizing nutrient
solutions in growth chambers was found to be efficient in differentiating
among cultivars of wheat, rye, and triticale for tolerance to Al
under greenhouse conditions. A 5°C increase in temperature, from
25°C to...
Wheat varieties of differential tolerance to Al were used in a
series of nutrient solution experiments to study the inhibitory effects
of Al on growth and nutrient uptake. The pH and the Al and P concentrations
were rigorously maintained to prevent the confounding
effects of Al and P precipitation and...
Rainbow trout were exposed to aluminum at pH 7.25 and
8.25 and four hardnesses (10, 30, 80, and 120 ppm CaCO₃)
for 96 hours in a continuous-flow system and mortality and
aluminum accumulation in the gills were determined.
Temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen were measured
daily for each treatment. Dissolved...