Two experiments were conducted aiming at evaluating translocation and compartmentation of zinc applied on roots of bean and coffee seedlings in greenhouse grown in nutrient solution. The plants were grown in geminate containers system and nutrient solution containing 0.0; 0.5; 1.0; 2.0; 3.0; 4.0mumol L-1 of zinc by ZnSO4, which constituted the treatments. The dry matter and total zinc concentration were determined in the stems, roots, upper leaves and lower leaves. Total zinc analysis showed translocation of zinc towards the roots in bean, indicating zinc mobility in phloem of these plants. However, in coffee seedlings zinc showed minimum mobility in phloem. The bean plants presented linear increasing in zinc concentration in the different analyzed parts because of treatments. Coffee seedlings showed minimum alteration in the dry matter and zinc concentration in the aerial part. The stem showed to be a concentration location of zinc, so much in coffee and bean seedlings as weel.
Coffea arabica; Phaseolus vulgaris; micronutrient; mobility
