Influence of Soil pH, Total and Mobile Contents on Copper and Zinc Uptake by Lettuce Grown in Plastic Film Houses

Copper and Zinc are essential trace elements for all living organisms. When presenting in excess amount in soils, however they can be toxic to plants. In order to examine the transfer of Cu and Zn from soils to plants and to predict their contents in plants using soil factors, we investigated total and mobile contents of Cu and Zn in soils and their uptake by lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) in plastic film houses. Total Cu and Zn contents in soils were $17.5{\sim}65.9mg\;kg^{-1}$ (mean: $39.3mg\;kg^{-1}$) and $63.2{\sim}200mg\;kg^{-1}$ (mean: $137mg\;kg^{-1}$), respectively. Mobile Cu and Zn contents in soils were $(0.04){\sim}0.55mg\;kg^{-1}$ (mean: $0.18mg\;kg^{-1}$) and $(0.05){\sim}2.62mg\;kg^{-1}$ (mean: $0.47mg\;kg^{-1}$), respectively. Soil pH ranged from 5.4 to 7.3 and OM from 24.1 to $59.9g\;kg^{-1}$. Mean Cu contents in leaves and roots of lettuce were 9.20 and $17.2mg\;kg^{-1}$, respectively which showed that Cu was accumulated mainly in root parts of lettuce and not easily transported to leaves. In contrast, Zn was fairly evenly distributed in leaves and roots with mean values of 54.5 and $56.7mg\;kg^{-1}$, indicating relative high mobility of Zn in lettuce. Transfer factors of Cu and Zn from soil total contents to roots and leaves of lettuce ($TFS_tR$ and $TFS_tL$) were between 0.1 and 1, while transfer factors from soil mobile contents to roots and leaves ($TFS_mR$ and $TFS_mL$) were between 10 and 1000. Transfer factors of Zn were higher than those of Cu, showing Zn was more easily absorbed by plants than Cu. Cu and Zn uptake was stronger influenced by soil pH and mobile contents than total contents and OM and could be significantly described by multiple regression equations including soil pH and soil mobile contents as variables.

시설재배지 토양 pH와 전함량 및 이동태 함량이 상추의 구리와 아연 흡수에 미치는 영향

조사한 시설재배지 토양의 Cu와 Zn 전함량은 평균이 각각 39.3과 $137mg\;kg^{-1}$로 Cu와 Zn의 집적 현상을 볼 수 있었다. 이동태 함량 평균은 0.18과 $0.47mg\;kg^{-1}$로 작물 생육 저해를 일으킬 수 있는 일반적인 함량 $1mg\;kg^{-1}$ (Cu)과 $2mg\;kg^{-1}$ (Zn)을 Zn이 한 농가에서 초과하였다. 상추 잎과 뿌리의 Cu 평균함량은 9.20과 $17.2mg\;kg^{-1}$로 주로 뿌리에 집적되어 있었고, Zn 평균함량은 각각 54.5와 $56.7mg\;kg^{-1}$로 잎과 뿌리에 균일하게 분포했다. Cu와 Zn의 토양 전함량-식물 이동계수는 0.1~1이었고, 토양 이동태-식물 이동계수는 10~1000이었다. Zn의 이동계수는 Cu의 이동계수 보다 높아, Zn이 Cu보다 이동성이 높음을 알 수 있었다. 상추 잎과 뿌리의 Cu와 Zn 흡수는 토양 전함량, 유기물 함량 보다는 토양 이동태 함량과 pH에 의해 강하게 영향을 받았고, 다중회귀방정식에 의해 고도의 유의관계를 설명할 수 있었다.