Uptake and toxicity of nickel and other metals in crops grown on soil contaminated by a nickel refinery

Temple, Patrick J.; Bisessar, S.

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“…The concentration of Ni in the 0-5 cm layer of untilled muck soil ranged from 800 to over 6000 mg kg -1 (Frank et al 1982). Concentrations of metals in the subsurface (5-10 cm) layer were 50 to 70% lower than in the surface layer, supporting the conclusion of aerosol deposition of most of the soil Ni (Temple and Bisessar 1981). Vegetable crops grown on a nearby muck soil showed visual symptoms of Ni phytotoxicity, and yields of several Nisensitive vegetable crops were substantially reduced, apparently due to the presence of the soil contaminants (Frank et al 1982).…”

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“…Soil and plant contamination by the emissions from a nickel refinery at Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada, has been described by Temple and Bisessar (1981), Frank et al (1982), Bisessar (1989) and McIlveen and Negusanti (1994). Nickel was the major contaminant emitted by the refinery, although the soils were also contaminated with Co and Cu, which has been added to improve fertility of the muck soil.…”

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Remediating Ni-phytotoxicity of contaminated Quarry muck soil using limestone and hydrous iron oxide

Kukier¹,

Chaney²

2000

Can. J. Soil. Sci.

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Remediating Ni-phytotoxicity of contaminated Quarry muck soil using limestone and hydrous iron oxide. Can. J. Soil Sci. 80: 581-593. Remediation of excessive soil metals in situ is receiving new attention because the alternative, soil removal and replacement, is very expensive, requires disposal of the removed soil and may achieve no better environmental remediation than the in situ treatments. A factorial pot experiment was conducted with two muck soils contaminated by a Ni refinery; we tested the effectiveness of making the soil calcareous and addition of freshly precipitated hydous ferric oxide (HFO) in reducing soil Ni phytotoxicity to the Ni-sensitive crops, oat and redbeet, and a Ni-resistant crop, wheat. Fertilized but otherwise untreated soil caused significant Ni phytotoxicity to oats and redbeet, but not to wheat, on both soils. Adding limestone reduced the concentration of Ni in shoots of all species and alleviated the symptoms specific to Ni phytotoxicity in oat (banded chlorosis). The addition of HFO was more effective in reducing shoot Ni concentration in the redbeets than in crops from the Poaceae family. Both amendments induced phosphorus and/or manganese deficiency depending on the crop tested. The experiment indicates that some combination of limestone and Fe oxides can readily remediate Ni phytotoxicity of the tested soils, but that Mn and P fertilizers would be needed to achieve practical in situ remediation of Ni phytotoxicity of Quarry muck (Terric Mesisol). En presence des sols non traites mais fertilises, une phytotoxicité importante du Ni a été uniquement observée chez l'orge et la carotte rouge. L'addition de calcaire entraina une reduction des teneurs en Ni dans les pousses des differentes plantes et des symptomes de la phytotoxicité du Ni chez l'orge (bandes de chlorose). La presence de HFO entraina une diminution plus importante du Ni dans les poussess de la carotte rouge que chez les plantes de la famille des Poaceae. Les deux traitements ont induit un deficit en phosphore et/ou en manganese suivant la plante testée. L'experience presentee demontre qu'une combinaison de calcaire et d'oxides de fer peut aisement diminuer la phytotoxicité du Ni dans les sols testes, et qu'une fertilisation de Mn et P peut etre necessaire a la remediation in situ des sols organiques.

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Remediating Ni-phytotoxicity of contaminated Quarry muck soil using limestone and hydrous iron oxide

Kukier¹,

Chaney²

2000

Can. J. Soil. Sci.

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“…Temple and Bisessar (1981) found that for a muck soil from Port Colborne, growth of onion, potato, celery, cabbage and lettuce was reduced for some plant parts at soil Ni concentrations in the range of 2000 to 3000 mg kg (1 . Chaney (2000, 2004) identified severe phytotoxicity of numerous agronomic species in clay soil from Port Colborne with total soil Ni concentrations of 2900 mg kg…”

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Toxicity thresholds for oat (Avena sativa L.) grown in Ni-impacted agricultural soils near Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada

Dan¹,

Hale²,

Johnson³

et al. 2008

Can. J. Soil. Sci.

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This study established Ni phytotoxicity thresholds for oat (Avena sativa L.) in four soil types, each created by blending a low and a high Ni soil, to generate a range of concentrations. The first quartile effective concentration (EC25) for soil and shoot tissue Ni concentration and reduction in shoot dry weight (DW) was determined using a Weibull function. The EC25 (for soil Ni concentration) was 1350, 1950, 1880 and > 2400 mg Ni kg-1 soil, for sand, till clay, heavy clay and organic muck, respectively. The EC25 (for shoot Ni concentration) was 71, 21, 52 and > 35 mg Ni kg-1 shoot DW, for sand, till clay, heavy clay and organic muck, respectively. Total soil Ni concentration, soil pH and soil cation exchange capacity (CEC) accounted for 70% of the variation of Ni accumulation in tissue when the data for all four of the soils were combined; this was similar to the amount of variation accounted for by fitting Ni concentration in tissue to ammonium oxalate extractable soil Ni. Manganese deficiency may have impaired plant growth at higher soil Ni concentrations in the clay soils. Speciation of Ni was similar in all soils studied, and the relationship between Ni concentrations in soil and in tissue was less closely related to chemically extracted soil Ni than it was to a combination of total soil Ni, soil pH and CEC. These are the soil characteristics known to influence both equilibrium among metal species in soil solution, and uptake of cations by plants. Key words: Avena sativa L., EC25, Ni, oat

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“…Plants in the impacted area showed typical toxicity symptoms. Further field and greenhouse pot experiments, conducted using the Ni-contaminated muck soils, displayed distinct Ni-toxicity foliar symptoms with stunting, cupping and foliar necrosis in celery, beets, cabbage, lettuce and radish, reducing the yield of the tested plants by 28-100 % compared with their counterparts grown in comparable uncontaminated soils [77][78][79]. Liming these Ni-contaminated soils, which raised their pH from 5.1-5.9 to at least 6.9, showed that soilextractable Ni could be reduced and Ni toxicity to celery, wheat, oat and redbeet crops mitigated [77,80].…”

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Chromium, Nickel and Cobalt

Hooda

2010

Trace Elements in Soils

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Uptake and toxicity of nickel and other metals in crops grown on soil contaminated by a nickel refinery

Cited by 26 publications

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Remediating Ni-phytotoxicity of contaminated Quarry muck soil using limestone and hydrous iron oxide

Remediating Ni-phytotoxicity of contaminated Quarry muck soil using limestone and hydrous iron oxide

Toxicity thresholds for oat (Avena sativa L.) grown in Ni-impacted agricultural soils near Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada

Chromium, Nickel and Cobalt

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