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International Conference on

Recent Trends in Environmental Sustainability

ESCON22/ETERM/47
Performance of quinoa (Chenopodium Quinoa Willd) Under Cadmium Stressed Soil

Hamza Sarfraz1, M. Saqib1, T. Naz1, M.S.B.Zafar1, L. Tayyiaba1
1Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38000,
Pakistan

Correspondence: ibnezafar28@gmail.com
Abstract

Nutrition is the requirement of every living organism for energy which helps in proper growth
and functioning. In the case of humans, they use cereals for this purpose. Other than cereals,
pseudocereals are also used widely from which Chenopodium quinoa is the one. The
nutritional value of quinoa is the one factor which makes it an excellent choice for fulfilling
our nutritional requirements. Its ability of growing in wide range of environmental conditions
makes it an interesting crop for cultivation with respect to earning good revenue. It has been
noticed that quinoa can tolerate the harsh environmental conditions by altering its different
chemical and physical compositions. Different heavy metals have different responses on the
growth and yield of quinoa plants. In the experiment we had studied the effect of cadmium on
quinoa. Two different varieties of quinoa V1 and V2 were used in order to notice the effect.
According to an estimate after four weeks of germination the levels of treatments that were
selected to notice the effects were control, 50, 100 and 200 ppm. Three replication of each
experiment was planned which had helped to compute the results in a precise way. CRD was
the design of the experiment. The total duration from sowing to harvesting was about 7 weeks.
After harvesting different analysis were performed and the data from was evaluated by using
statistical software to compute the results. It was concluded that both varieties couldn’t be able
to tolerate high concentration of cadmium in the soil when compared to the control group. But
the results had shown that the variety V1 performed better than V2 in different factors like root
and shoot length, fresh and dry weight of both roots and shoots along with the spikelet length
and the chlorophyll content in the leaves.

Keywords: Cadmium, quinoa, Chlorophylls, Cereals

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