Successful Outcome of Phytostabilization in Cr(VI) Contaminated Soils Amended with Alkalizing Additives
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Experiment
2.2. Soil Amendments
2.3. Soil Analytical Methods
2.4. Plant Chemical Analyses
2.5. Phytotoxicity Analysis
2.6. Accumulation Evaluation
2.7. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Effect of Cr(VI) and Soil Amendments on the Biomass of F. rubra
3.2. Cr Accumulation in F. rubra
3.3. Phytotoxicity
3.4. Soil Chemical Properties
3.5. Statistical Analysis
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Effective Concentration mg/kg | Control | Dolomite | Limestone | Chalcedonite |
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Inhibition in germination (GI) before remediation | ||||
EC10 | 38.0 | 58.6 | 55.3 | 63.3 |
EC20 | 77.3 | 110 | 96.2 | 114 |
EC50 | 146 | 183 | 167 | 174 |
Mean Effective Concentration | 87.0 | 117 | 106 | 117 |
Inhibition in germination (GI) after remediation | ||||
EC10 | 47.6 | 91.9 | 53.8 | 68.2 |
EC20 | 89.6 | 141 | 96.9 | 121 |
EC50 | 152 | 173 | 203 | 179 |
Mean Effective Concentration | 96.5 | 136 | 118 | 123 |
Growth inhibition of roots (RI) before remediation | ||||
EC10 | 28.1 | 25.0 | 42.3 | 45.5 |
EC20 | 86.5 | 79.6 | 89.7 | 99.0 |
EC50 | 154 | 172 | 161 | 172 |
Mean Effective Concentration | 89.4 | 92.2 | 97.5 | 106 |
Growth inhibition of roots (RI) after remediation | ||||
EC10 | 44.2 | 65.5 | 67.1 | 59.4 |
EC20 | 95.8 | 115 | 110 | 107 |
EC50 | 153 | 182 | 181 | 202 |
Mean Effective Concentration | 97.6 | 121 | 120 | 123 |
Biomass | Cr Shoot | Cr Root | Cr Soil Total | Cr Soil Available | pH | |
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Biomass | 1 | |||||
Cr shoot | –0.338 | 1 | ||||
Cr root | 0.086 | 0.757 | 1 | |||
Cr soil total | –0.278 | 0.876 | 0.776 | 1 | ||
Cr soil available | –0.538 | 0.936 | 0.695 | 0.895 | 1 | |
pH | 0.317 | 0.023 | 0.505 | 0.106 | 0.055 | 1 |
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Radziemska, M.; Bęś, A.; Gusiatin, Z.M.; Sikorski, Ł.; Brtnicky, M.; Majewski, G.; Liniauskienė, E.; Pecina, V.; Datta, R.; Bilgin, A.; et al. Successful Outcome of Phytostabilization in Cr(VI) Contaminated Soils Amended with Alkalizing Additives. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 6073. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176073
Radziemska M, Bęś A, Gusiatin ZM, Sikorski Ł, Brtnicky M, Majewski G, Liniauskienė E, Pecina V, Datta R, Bilgin A, et al. Successful Outcome of Phytostabilization in Cr(VI) Contaminated Soils Amended with Alkalizing Additives. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(17):6073. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176073
Chicago/Turabian StyleRadziemska, Maja, Agnieszka Bęś, Zygmunt M. Gusiatin, Łukasz Sikorski, Martin Brtnicky, Grzegorz Majewski, Ernesta Liniauskienė, Václav Pecina, Rahul Datta, Ayla Bilgin, and et al. 2020. "Successful Outcome of Phytostabilization in Cr(VI) Contaminated Soils Amended with Alkalizing Additives" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 17: 6073. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176073