Use of Arsenic Contaminated Irrigation Water for Lettuce Cropping: Effects on Soil, Groundwater, and Vegetal

Beni, Claudio; Marconi, Stefania; Boccia, Priscilla; Ciampa, Alessandra; Diana, Giampietro; Aromolo, Rita; Sturchio, Elena; Neri, Ulderico; Sequi, P.; Valentini, Massimiliano

doi:10.1007/s12011-010-8862-3

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“…Metabolomics has been used to solve food quality problems in fruits and other plants and to explore pesticide, genotype and environmental effects on plant growth (Spraul et al 2009;Zhang et al 2012;Bernillon et al 2013;Pereira et al 2014); to understand geographical and transgenic effects (Son et al 2009;Sobolev et al 2010;Picone et al 2011;Kausch et al 2012;Kim et al 2013); and to reveal the effects of environmental contaminants (Karmakar et al 2009;Hédiji et al 2010;Beni et al 2011;Zhang et al 2012). In the current study, it was used to examine the individual and combined effects of chlorsulfuron and Cd on maize seedlings.…”

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Changes in metabolites in maize seedlings under chlorsulfuron and cadmium stress

Zhao

Xie

Zhang³

et al. 2015

J. Agric. Sci.

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The herbicide chlorsulfuron is commonly applied to cereals and may persist in alkaline soil long enough to damage subsequent sensitive crops. Sewage water, a potential source of the heavy metal cadmium (Cd), is used to irrigate agricultural soils in many developing countries. The current work evaluated the effects of the residual herbicide chlorsulfuron and Cd on maize seedlings, with particular attention to the mechanism of their action on plant growth. Maize seeds were planted in soil that had been sprayed with chlorsulfuron and Cd, after which residues in both seedlings and the soil were measured. The chlorsulfuron dose was correlated with the amount of residue found in seedlings but not in the soil. In all, 39 metabolites were identified in seedlings using the Automated Mass spectral Deconvolution and Identification System software program and the retention index method. The combination of chlorsulfuron and Cd significantly reduced multiple metabolites in the shikimate pathway, malic acid and citric acid production in the tricarboxylic acid cycle, and lactic acid, glucose, aspartic acid, asparagine and 3-glycerophosphoric acid production. In addition, chlorsulfuron caused an increase in multiple amino acids, including tyrosine, methionine and asparagine, and a marked decrease in caffeic and cinnamic acids (the secondary metabolites derived from the shikimate pathway and galactose). Finally, chlorsulfuron and Cd stress markedly increased shikimate acid, decreased 3-glycerophosphoric acid and caused negative correlations between the amounts of phenylalanine and tyrosine and those of quinicand cinnamic-acid. In conclusion, chlorsulfuron and Cd did not have a synergistic effect on maize seedlings; rather, the combination of these pollutants had an antagonistic effect on some amino acids.

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Changes in metabolites in maize seedlings under chlorsulfuron and cadmium stress

Zhao

Xie

Zhang³

et al. 2015

J. Agric. Sci.

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“…This result perhaps was due to the very high amounts of amorphous Fe and Al oxides in the study soils and the aging effect reduced the bioavailability of As in high As-contaminated soils of the Guandu Plain (unpublished data). Beni et al [32] cultivated lettuce in sandy soil irrigated with water that had different As levels (19–104 μg/L). The results also showed that there was no difference in lettuce biomass between treatments.…”

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Food Safety and Bioavailability Evaluations of Four Vegetables Grown in the Highly Arsenic-Contaminated Soils on the Guandu Plain of Northern Taiwan

Tsui

Lai

et al. 2014

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Arsenic contamination in a large area of agricultural fields on the Guandu Plain of northern Taiwan was confirmed in a survey conducted in 2006, but research concerning the relationship between bioavailable As concentrations in contaminated soils and crop production in Taiwan is not available. Pot experiments were conducted to examine the growth and accumulation of As in four vegetable crops grown in As-contaminated soils and to assess As intake through consumption. The phytotoxic effects of As in soils were not shown in the pot experiments in which vegetable crops were grown in soils contaminated with different As levels in situ collected from Guandu Plain (120–460 mg/kg) or artificially spiked As-contaminated soils (50–170 mg/kg). Experimental results showed that the bioavailable As extracted with 5 M NaHCO3 from soils can be used to estimate As concentrations in vegetables. The As concentrations in the vegetables were compared with data shown in the literature and As limits calculated from drinking water standards and the provisional tolerance weekly intake (PTWI) of inorganic As established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization (FAO/WHO). Although the As levels in the vegetables were not high and the bioavailability of As in the soils was quite low, long-term consumption may result in higher As intake in the human body.

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“…Furthermore, McBride (1995) reported that As formed strong bonds with Fe and Al oxides, clay, and OM in soils. Beni et al (2011) and Abedin et al (2002) observed that in sandy soils As is five times more phytotoxic than in clay soils. In the present study, Fe, Al, Ca ++ , clay and OM contents were relatively higher in Kirkham than in Sunset soils (Table 1).…”

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“…Arsenic is an extremely toxic naturally occurring metalloid (Naujokas et al, 2013;Zhai et al, 2017;Beni et al, 2011). Its uptake by plants is species dependent (Huang et al, 2013;Matschullat, 2000), and is influenced by As oxidation state (Campbell and Nordstrom, 2014), the concentration of soil As and the soil's physical property (Jiang and Singh, 1994), and the presence of other ions (Zhou et al, 2005).…”

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Arsenic uptake and toxicity threshold for lettuce plants (Lactuca sativa L.) grown in poultry litter amended soils

Cadet¹,

Mortley²,

Kpomblekou-A³

et al. 2021

J. Soil Sci. Environ. Manage.

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Poultry litter (PL) is used as a soil amendment agriculture, and can contain toxic As, which can accumulate in soils and absorb by plants. A greenhouse study was conducted to evaluate the uptake of As in Kirkham and Sunset soils which received PL for over 20 years. The soils received 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 mg kg -1 arsenic and black seeded 'Simpson' lettuce grown. At maturity, plants were divided into roots and shoots, and analyzed for total As. Shoot dry weight declined regardless of soil series or whether poultry litter was applied. Harvest index decreased linearly with increasing As concentrations and was lowest at the 25 mg kg -1 level. As in shoots and roots was greater on Sunset compared to Kirkham soil and greater in PL than in non-PL soils. Root and shoot As was greater in Kirkham NPL than PL soils, 5 times greater in roots than shoots of plants in Kirkham soils, and 11 times higher in roots than shoots of plants in PL-amended Kirkham soils. There were 109 µg/plant As in Sunset soils and 78.7 µg/plant in the Kirkham soil. Toxicity threshold in Kirkham and Sunset soils was 20 and 10 mg kg -1 decreasing leaf area, plant height and yield 46 and 83% in Kirkham and Sunset soils, respectively.As in the edible parts was low and acute exposure was not problematic. Transfer factor in PL amended soils was higher in roots than shoots in Kirkham than Sunset soil, and decreased with increasing soil As.

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Use of Arsenic Contaminated Irrigation Water for Lettuce Cropping: Effects on Soil, Groundwater, and Vegetal

Cited by 15 publications

References 27 publications

Changes in metabolites in maize seedlings under chlorsulfuron and cadmium stress

Changes in metabolites in maize seedlings under chlorsulfuron and cadmium stress

Food Safety and Bioavailability Evaluations of Four Vegetables Grown in the Highly Arsenic-Contaminated Soils on the Guandu Plain of Northern Taiwan

Arsenic uptake and toxicity threshold for lettuce plants (Lactuca sativa L.) grown in poultry litter amended soils

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