Cadmium toxicity affects some physiological and morphological characteristics of two lettuce varieties (Lactuca sativa L.)

• Main Authors: Jibril, Sani Ahmad, Hassan, Siti Aishah, Ishak, Che Fauziah, Megat Wahab, Puteri Edaroyati
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77146/1/saes2015-15.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77146/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Hydroponic system using Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) was employed to grow two varieties of lettuce (Bonbilasta-BBL and Italian 167) for eight weeks. The plants were treated with cadmium concentrations of 0, 3, 6, 9 and 12 mg/L given in a form of CdCl2 after two weeks of growth to study its toxicity...