Beryllium effects on potatoes and oats in acid soil

Bohn, Hinrich L.; Seekamp, G.

doi:10.1007/bf00296589

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“…For the other elements, whether they experienced toxicity or not in this study, the toxicity thresholds were close to the ranges in Table 4 for Be, Ga, In, La, Ce, and Nd. The concentrations of the RTEs added to soil which induced toxicity were similar to other studies [41][42][43][44][45]. The addition of Be and Gd to soil significantly increased the biomass of L. perenne, likely due to hormesis, an increase in growth in response to stress [46], as both elements are non-essential to plants, and the biomass consistently decreased from the peak when higher concentrations of these elements were present in the soil.…”

Section: Uptake and Bioaccumulation Of Rtes In L Perennesupporting

confidence: 83%

“…The uptake of the RTEs in L. perenne was similar to that (within the same order of magnitude) of grasses and other members of the Poaceae family [10,56,61]; it is useful to compare within this family if possible, as they have physiological differences to other plant species which affect uptake and translocation, e.g., they are monocotyledonous plants, and use Strategy II for Fe acquisition [66], which helps them to acquire higher concentrations of Cu, Mn, and Zn [67]. In studies that spiked soil with similar concentrations of the RTEs, the uptakes of Be and Ga in L. perenne were similar to that in oat plants, collards, cabbage, wheat, and rice seedlings [17,21,41,44,68].…”

Section: Uptake Of the Rtes And CD In L Perennementioning

confidence: 91%

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The Uptake of Rare Trace Elements by Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

Jensen,

Lehto,

Almond

et al. 2023

Toxics

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Technological development has increased the use of chemical elements that have hitherto received scant scientific attention as environmental contaminants. Successful management of these rare trace elements (RTEs) requires elucidation of their mobility in the soil–plant system. We aimed to determine the capacity of Lolium perenne (a common pasture species) to tolerate and accumulate the RTEs Be, Ga, In, La, Ce, Nd, and Gd in a fluvial recent soil. Cadmium was used as a reference as a well-studied contaminant that is relatively mobile in the soil–plant system. Soil was spiked with 2.5–283 mg kg−1 of RTE or Cd salts, representing five, 10, 20, and 40 times their background concentrations in soil. For Be, Ce, In, and La, there was no growth reduction, even at the highest soil concentrations (76, 1132, 10.2, and 874 mg kg−1, respectively), which resulted in foliar concentrations of 7.1, 12, 0.11, and 50 mg kg−1, respectively. The maximum no-biomass reduction foliar concentrations for Cd, Gd, Nd, and Ga were 0.061, 0.1, 7.1, and 11 mg kg−1, respectively. Bioaccumulation coefficients ranged from 0.0030–0.95, and increased Ce < In < Nd ≅ Gd < La ≅ Be ≅ Ga < Cd. Beryllium and La were the RTEs most at risk of entering the food chain via L. perenne, as their toxicity thresholds were not reached in the ranges tested, and the bioaccumulation coefficient (plant/soil concentration quotient) trends indicated that uptake would continue to increase at higher soil concentrations. In contrast, In and Ce were the elements least likely to enter the food chain. Further research should repeat the experiments in different soil types or with different plant species to test the robustness of the findings.

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Section: Uptake and Bioaccumulation Of Rtes In L Perennesupporting

confidence: 83%

Section: Uptake Of the Rtes And CD In L Perennementioning

confidence: 91%

The Uptake of Rare Trace Elements by Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

Jensen,

Lehto,

Almond

et al. 2023

Toxics

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“…Liming the soil and increasing the time between beryllium contamination and crop growing may reduce the risk of bioaccumulation (Bohn and Seekamp 1979). Based on a recent review it would appear that most foods have a beryllium concentration ranging from 20 mg kg À1 fresh weight to < 1 mg kg À1 .…”

Section: Distribution In the Environment In Foods And In Living Orgmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beryllium

Rossman¹

2004

Elements and Their Compounds in the Environment

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“…Beryllium can also be toxic to plants (eg, see refs. 23–25 ) because Be reduces plant growth by reducing seed germination 24 of, for example, oat and potato tubers, 26 and by reducing the uptake of plant essential micronutrients 27 . Given that Be replaces magnesium (Mg) in plants, Be can also cause symptoms of magnesium deficiency 23,28,29 .…”

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Quantifying beryllium concentrations in plant shoots from forest ecosystems using cation‐exchange chromatography and quadrupole ICP‐MS

Uhlig

Goldberg

Frick

et al. 2020

Analytical Science Advances

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Beryllium (Be) is known to be one of the most toxic elements but at the same time exerts a stimulating effect on plant growth. Despite this contradiction, little is known about the Be metabolism in living organisms, partially because of the low amounts present and because the analysis of Be in plants by ICP-MS remains challenging. The challenges arise from the complex organic matrix, the low abundance of Be relative to the other plant essential elements, and the matrix effects resulting thereof in the plasma. To address these challenges, we developed and evaluated a new method for Be concentration analysis in plant material. Key is the quantitative separation of Be from the other matrix elements by cation-exchange chromatography. The new method was verified by processing seven reference materials representing different plant matrices yielding a longterm reproducibility of 16% (RSD). Applying the method, Be concentrations in tree, shrub, bush, and grass samples grown in non-polluted ecosystems from four temperate forests and a tropical rainforest were measured. The Be concentrations in different plant organs range from 0.01 to 63 ng/g that suggest a natural baseline for Be concentrations of 52 ng/g (95 percentile of non-woody tissue) that may serve as bioindicator for Be pollution in the environment. Comparison of Be concentrations in plants with the soil's biologically available fraction revealed that Be is discriminated from uptake into shoots and thus can be considered as non-essential.

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Beryllium effects on potatoes and oats in acid soil

Cited by 14 publications

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The Uptake of Rare Trace Elements by Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

The Uptake of Rare Trace Elements by Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

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Quantifying beryllium concentrations in plant shoots from forest ecosystems using cation‐exchange chromatography and quadrupole ICP‐MS

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