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Our study aimed to evaluate the effects of different concentrations of zinc on Zea mays L. cv. Turda 200 seedlings in the first phases of development. For this, in the spring we treated corn caryopsis, and placed it into germinators with different concentrations of Zn, in the form of zinc acetate, namely: 0.2%, 0.4%, and 0.8%, during the germination period. After 10 days after the beginning of the experiment, we concluded that the germination rate was not influenced by the presence of Zn in the soil, and Zn also acted as a trace element in the corn in the first ontogenetic phases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]