Morpho-physiological response of Populus alba to erythromycin: A timeline of the health status of the plant

Antibiotic‐induced effects on scaling relationships and on plant element contents in herbs and grasses

“…For example, Pierattini et al. (2016) showed that erythromycin concentrations were tenfold higher in roots than in aerial plant parts in Populus alba (see also Pan, Wong, & Chu, 2014). In Lythrum salicaria , Migliore et al.…”

“…Moreover, our results on organ-specific responses of plant elements to antibiotics are in line with other studies showing that roots are generally most affected by antibiotic treatments. For example, Pierattini et al (2016) showed that erythromycin concentrations were tenfold higher in roots than in aerial plant parts in Populus alba (see also Pan, Wong, & Chu, 2014).…”

“…Here, we expected roots to be most affected as shown by previous studies on antibiotics (Migliore, Rotini, Cerioli, Cozzolino, & Fiori, 2010; Pierattini, Francini, Raffaelli, & Sebastiani, 2016). We further tested whether scaling relationships between elements of different plant organs were either concurrent or discontinuous with the patterns of isometry and anisometry found by Kerkhoff et al.…”

“…We investigated (a) whether in vivo concentrations of antibiotics generally affected element contents of plants and (b) whether plant responses differed between antibiotics, antibiotic concentrations and plant organs. Here, we expected roots to be most affected as shown by previous studies on antibiotics (Migliore, Rotini, Cerioli, Cozzolino, & Fiori, 2010;Pierattini, Francini, Raffaelli, & Sebastiani, 2016). We further tested whether scaling relationships between elements of different plant organs were either concurrent or discontinuous with the patterns of isometry and anisometry found by Kerkhoff et al (2006) for plants grown under natural conditions.…”

Effects of Tetracycline, Sulfonamide, Fluoroquinolone, and Lincosamide Load in Pig Slurry on Lettuce: Agricultural and Human Health Implications

“…As for the agricultural implications, at low concentrations, human and veterinary antibiotics induce hormesis in plants (Agathokleous et al, 2018;Migliore et al, 2010), but phytotoxic effects have been reported at higher concentrations (Jin et al, 2009;Rocha et al, 2021). Current laboratory-scale studies indicate that the presence of ABs in irrigation water may induce a morpho-physiological response in Populus alba (Pierattini et al, 2016) due to their potential to change plant phenotypic (e.g., biomass production, shoot and root growth) and metabolic (e.g., nitrogen metabolism, oxidative metabolism, and photosynthesis) profiles (Jin et al, 2009;Liu et al, 2009;Rocha et al, 2021). Previous greenhouse studies suggest that the pig-slurry fertilization dose does not affect lettuce uptake of ABs (Margenat et al, 2020), although increases in the AB concentration in pig slurry do increase their concentration in alfalfa crops (Huang et al, 2021;Kumar et al, 2005b).…”