Abstract:The concentraion of 12 mineral elements in the kernel and cob tissue in normal and nubbin maize ears was compared. The results showed that the concentration of N、P、K、 Mg、Ca、Na、B、Zn、Cu、and Mn in the kernel and P、Na、Ca、Fe、B、Zn、Cu、Mn and Mo in the cobs was the same in nubbin and normal ears. Concentration of Mo in kernel and concentration of N、K、Mg in cob were significantly higher in nubbin than in normal ears. In the normal ears, concentration of K and Zn in the kernels and N、P、K、and Zn in the cobs was higher at apical than at basal positions of ears. In nubbin ears, concentration of N and Zn were higher in apical (aborted) than in basal (normal) kernels, In cobs of nubbin ears, howerer, concentration of N、P、K、Mg、Ca、Zn and Mn as higher than in apical aborted kernels and in basal normal kernels at the same cob. From this study an insufficient supply of the mineral elements was considered as a cause of kernel abortion. A malfunction of transport of mineral elements or a disturbance of the transfer of mineral elenents between cob and kernel tissues may occure with kernel abortion.