Effects of Tetracyclines on Primary Root Length and Chlorophyll Contents of Vegetable Crops

Hyeonji Choe; Hadjer Chohra; Vimalraj Kantharaj; Mi Sun Cheong; Yong Bok Lee

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Effects of Tetracyclines on Primary Root Length and Chlorophyll Contents of Vegetable Crops

28 February 2021. pp. 33-40

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Abstract

By increasing the use of antibiotics, it is concerned that unexpectedly contaminated the effect of antibiotics occurs in agricultural soil. In this study, we investigated the impact of antibiotics on the early stages of crop growth using lettuce (Lactuca sativa), cabbage (Brassica campestris), and radish (Raphanus raphanistrum). These crops were grown on agar plates vertically without antibiotics (0 mg/L) and with tetracycline 5 (TC5), 10 (TC10), and 20 (TC20) mg/L, chlortetracycline 5 (CTC5), 10 (CTC10), and 20 (CTC20) mg/L, and oxytetracycline 5 (OTC5), 10 (OTC10), and 20 (OTC20) mg/L at 20°C for five days. Root length of all crops inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner except for cabbage of OTC treatment. For lettuce, root length (cm) showed an average 6.06 and 1.39 upon control (0 mg/L) and TC20, respectively. Similarly, cabbage and radish exhibited an average 7.20 and 5.47, respectively, without TCs whereas TC20 inhibits the root length down to 2.26 and 1.59, respectively. The chlorophyll contents of cabbage and radish reduced as increased antibiotic concentration. Interestingly, chlorophyll contents of lettuce did not show significantly different. Therefore, we suggest future research directions by showing the effect of antibiotics on crops.

TC effects on the cabbage root development and chlorophyll contents of Brassica campestris.

Keywords

Chlorophyll

Root

Tetracycline

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Publisher :Korean Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer
Publisher(Ko) :한국토양비료학회
Journal Title :Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
Journal Title(Ko) :한국토양비료학회 학회지
Volume : 54
No :1
Pages :33-40
Received Date : 2020-11-02
Revised Date : 2020-11-30
Accepted Date : 2020-11-30
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7745/KJSSF.2021.54.1.033

Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer ISSN:0367-6315(Print) 2288-2162(Online) 한국토양비료학회 학회지

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