Sunzinary. Studies The concept of intraspecific variation in mineral element acctnmuilation in plants has only recently been recognized in its broad scope. The wide ranige of variations observed, and the problems and opportninities which this variation presents, have been treated by several anithors (4,5,11,14). A better understanding of the morphological characteristics and physiological processes which affect (lifferential ion accuimuilation among plant genotypes wouild be uisefuil in breeding for desired levels of various elements and in stuidies of the physiological and biochemical bases of mineral accutmuilation in plants.Several workers have fouind that roots are the site of physiological processes leading to differential accuimuilation of minerals in the above-groind parts of plants (1,2,6,8,9,10). Grafting experiments with several plant species have shown that accumulation of variouis elements in the scion was related to the rootstock to which it had been grafted