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Problem of agricultural production quality now has a new aspect: pollution of radionuclids, heavy metals, nitrates ets, especially in Belarus after Chernobyl accident. We investigated the genetical basis of cadmium, lead and nitrate accumulation in tomato in open ground using the diallel analysis method. Differences on 2 – 5 times were found between the varieties according to their nitrate and heavy metals accumulation. It was established that the main type of pollutant accumulation inheritance is superdominance aimed at decreasing nitrate, cadmium and lead accumulation in tomato fruits. It leads to conclusion that heterosis breeding is a method of lowering the pollutant accumulation in tomato fruits. Study of uptake and distribution of 137Cs and 90Sr in vegetable varieties (tomato, onion, carrot, cabbage) in Gomel region (Chernobyl zone) revealed the intra species genetic variation and possibility to select the genotypes with low content of radionuclides. Creation of varieties with minimum accumulation of pollutants is the most radical and cheap way of obtaining ecologically safe plant produce.
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Kilchevsky, A. et al. (1999). Breeding of vegetables with minimum pollutant accumulation. In: Mugnozza, G.T.S., Porceddu, E., Pagnotta, M.A. (eds) Genetics and Breeding for Crop Quality and Resistance. Developments in Plant Breeding, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4475-9_35
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