Nickel (Ni) was the latest element to have its nutritional essentiality recognized for plants (Brown et al. 1987). It is a component of various enzymes, including glyoxalases (family I), hydrogenases, superoxide dismutase and urease (Chen 2009). Inadequate Ni supply promotes changes in plant metabolism, processes related nitrogen such as amino acids, urea ureides metabolisms (Rodríguez-Jiménez ...