Published December 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

Interelement correlations in plants

Creators

  • 1. Osnabrueck Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie

Description

The concentration of 25 elements in 4 plant species (Citrus aurantia, Brassica oleracea, Lycopersicon esculentum and Pinus strobus) were linearly correlated. For some element pairs (Ce-Fe, Ce-Ni, Ce-Sb, Ce-Sc, Ce-Zn, Fe-Sb, Fe-Sc, Fe-U, Fe-Zn, K-Cd, La-U, Ni-Sb, Sc-U and Sc-Zn) a high positive correlation coefficient (r = +1) was found. The element pairs Ca-Mg, Hg-U, Ni-Sr and Sr-Zn show a significant negative correlation (r = -1). Plants seem to process some constant interelement relations, independent of plant species. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Fresenius' Z. Anal. Chem.
Journal Volume
329
Journal Issue
4
Series
Fresenius' Z. Anal. Chem.
Journal Page Range
462-465
ISSN
0016-1152
CODEN
ZACFA