Com o objetivo de verificar o efeito da aplicação de cádmio sobre o teor de nutrientes em mudas de cedro, foi instalado um experimento em casa de vegetação do Departamento de Ciência do Solo da Universidade Federal de Lavras. O experimento seguiu um delineamento estatístico de blocos ao acaso, sendo que as mudas foram cultivadas em solução nutritiva de Clark e submetidas a doses crescentes de Cd: 0, 22, 44, 88 e 132 μM, usando como fonte o cloreto de cádmio. Após 60 dias de exposição ao metal pesado, as plantas foram colhidas e separadas em raiz, caule e folha as quais foram analisadas quanto ao teor de Cd, de macro e de micronutrientes. Os resultados mostraram que para os macronutrientes houve um aumento no teor de P, S e Ca, praticamente não houve efeito sobre o teor de K e o teor de Mg apresentaram resposta diferenciada com a parte da planta. Para os micronutrientes, observou-se que, na raiz, houve aumento no teor de Cu e Fe e redução no teor de Mn e Zn; no caule, houve aumento no teor de Cu e Zn e redução no teor de Fe e Mn, enquanto na folha, houve aumento no teor de Fe e redução no teor de Cu, Mn e Zn. O teor de Cd nas diferentes partes das mudas foi crescente com a dose do metal pesado aplicada.
With the objective of verifying the effect of the cadmium application on the nutrients content in cedro seedlings an experiment was installed in the greenhouse of the Department of the Soil Science of the Federal University of Lavras. The experiment followed a statistical delineation of randomized blocks, where the seedlings were cultivated in Clark's nutrient solution and submitted to the increasing levels of Cd: 0, 22, 44, 88 and 132 μM, using as source the cadmium chloride. After 60 days of display to the heavy metal, the plants were picked up and separated in root, stem and leaf. These parts of the plants were analyzed with relationship to the Cd, macro, and micronutrients content. The results showed that for the macronutrients it had an increase in the contents of P, S and Ca; practically no effect on the content of K was observed and the Mg content presented answer differentiated with the plant part. For the micronutrients, there was observed that it had on increase in the content of Cu and Fe and reduction in the content of Mn and Zn in the root; in the stem it had an increase in the content of Cu and Zn and reduction in the content of Fe and Mn, while in the leaf it had increase in the content of Fe and reduction in the content of Cu, Mn and Zn. The Cd content in the parts of the seedlings has increased with the dose of the applied heavy metal.
