Evaluation of Heavy Metal Accumulations in Plant Organs and Soil White Birch (Betula verrucosa Ehrh.) Plantation

This study selected 16 families and 20 genera 20 species of garden plant as the research object, and through pot experiment, study the influence of cadmium, zinc, lead on plant growth, determine the content of heavy metal in the plant organs, determine the ability of heavy metal enrichment to different plants, in order to provide scientific basis through repairing the soil use these plants and configurating the garden plant reasonable.

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Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in common reed (Phragmites australis) growing spontaneously on highly contaminated mine tailing ponds in Serbia and potential use of this species in phytoremediation

Botanica Serbica ◽

10.2298/botserb1901085p ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 85-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Milijana Prica ◽

Gordana Andrejic ◽

Jasmina Sinzar-Sekulic ◽

Tamara Rakic ◽

Zeljko Dzeletovic

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Heavy Metal ◽

Phragmites Australis ◽

Chemical Weathering ◽

Translocation Factor ◽

Common Reed ◽

Mine Tailing ◽

Metal Extraction ◽

Plant Organs ◽

Tailing Ponds

Heavy metal contamination of aquatic ecosystems directly threatens the health, production and biodiversity of aquatic and surrounding terrestrial ecosystems, and it represents a serious global problem. Metal extraction during ore processing produces large amounts of wastes that remain in tailings at the mining site. Fine waste particles represent a long-term source of potentially toxic metals that can be released into the ground and surface water as a result of their progressive chemical weathering. Aquatic macrophythes have a major role in absorption and accumulation of heavy metals and thereby in natural water purification. The presence of naturally growing plants on mine tailing ponds indicates their tolerance of heavy metal pollution and suggests a possible role for them in phytoremediation. In the present study, we analysed the concentrations of heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Ni, Zn, Pb, Cd, Co, Cu) in Phragmites australis plants growing spontaneously in shallow water of several mine tailing ponds. The aims of the study were to define chemical properties of the mine spoils, determine the concentrations of heavy metals in different plant organs and assess the phytoremediation potential of common reed. The investigated sediments were notably rich in both total and available forms of Fe, Pb, Zn and Cu, with their upper concentrations close to phytotoxic levels. The greatest amounts of almost all of the investigated metals in plants from all three mine tailing ponds were found in the roots, with their concentrations positively correlated with the amounts of their available forms in the corresponding sediment. The far higher metal concentrations in the roots in comparison with other plant organs clearly indicate that the metals were strongly sequestrated within root cortical tissues and were not transferred across the endodermis. Taken altogether, the presence of the greatest amounts of metals in roots, high bioaccumulation factor and low translocation factor show that P. australis is an excluder plant species with a good phytostabilisation potential. As such, it might be efficiently used in rhizofiltration of wastewaters.

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A Low Molecular Weight Allergen of White Birch (Betula verrucosa) Is Highly Homologous to Human Profilin

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology ◽

10.1159/000235406 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 94 (1-4) ◽

pp. 368-370 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Rudolf Valenta ◽

Michael Duchêne ◽

Michael Breitenbach ◽

Karin Pettenburger ◽

Lore Koller ◽

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Keyword(s):

Molecular Weight ◽

Low Molecular Weight ◽

White Birch ◽

Betula Verrucosa

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Analysis of Some Heavy Metals and Organic Acids in Ficus carica Growing Adjacent in the Serpentine Soil in Sulaimani/Kurdistan, Iraq

International Journal of Food Science ◽

10.1155/2020/8883517 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Othman Abdulrahman Mohammed ◽

Mohammed Rawf Hussain ◽

Osama Hamid Shareef ◽

Abdullah Ahmed Hama ◽

Sardar Mohammed Weli ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Heavy Metal ◽

Organic Acids ◽

Serpentine Soil ◽

Ficus Carica ◽

Human Beings ◽

Plant Organs ◽

Metal Contents ◽

Organic Acid Content ◽

Fruit Part

Serpentine soil refers to soil having magnesium-rich minerals such as chrysotile, lizardite, and antigorite. Fig (Ficus carica) is a plant of major importance in the world. It is a nourishing food and is used in industrial productions. This study analyzes the distribution of heavy metal contents such as nickel, cobalt, zinc, and manganese in different parts of this plant, such as its leaves, stems, and fruits. Furthermore, the organic acid content, including citric acid, fumaric acid, malic acid, and oxalic acid, was estimated. The studied area is known as Kunjirin which is a village located in the northwestern extension of the Zagros-fold-thrust belt in Mawat town, northeast of Sulaimani Province, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The results show that there are significant differences in heavy metal contents among the plant organs except for zinc. The lowest level of heavy metals is in the fruits, while the highest amount of the heavy metal content is in the leaves. Moreover, the organic acids were unequally distributed in the plant organs. However, the lowest level of organic acids are found in the stem, while the highest concentration of the organic acids are found in the fruit part of the plant. The present study concludes that the level of heavy metals in the fruit part is within the legally admitted limits. This indicates that it is normal for human beings and animals to consume such fruits.

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A comparative environmental assessment using bioindicator plants in conditions of anthropogenic impact of Saransk and Insar

Samara Journal of Science ◽

10.17816/snv202091109 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 61-66

Author(s):

Marina Viktorovna Labutina ◽

Tatiana Aleksandrovna Maskaeva ◽

Nina Dmitrievna Chegodaeva ◽

Evgeniya Aleksandrovna Kurynova

Keyword(s):

Anthropogenic Impact ◽

High Plasticity ◽

Urban Greening ◽

White Birch ◽

Betula Verrucosa ◽

Study Sites ◽

The City ◽

Very High ◽

Environmental Importance ◽

Different Levels

The paper studies the reaction of pendent white birch ( Betula verrucosa ) as the main urban culture used in urban greening at different levels of anthropogenic impact. Annual studies indicate that there is no sustainable trend to reduce man-made emissions in the region. Greening of large industrial centers is of great environmental importance. According to morphometric and some reproductive parameters, the birch has an adaptive response to environmental conditions. The studies have shown that habitat conditions directly affect the morphometric and reproductive characteristics of plants. To a greater extent, in conditions of anthropogenic impact increase, the reaction of biomorphological parameters of the pendent white birch is manifested. When using the method of fluctuating asymmetry, its integral indicators showed the reaction of plants to the increase in anthropogenic impact in the city. The germination and germination energy of birch seeds collected from different study sites are indicative in this respect. The variable coefficient on the size of fruits and seedlings revealed, as a rule, a very high variability (20-40%), which explains the high plasticity of plants to living conditions even at the early stages of their development.

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Heavy Metal Accumulation as Phytoremediation Potential of Aquatic Macrophyte, Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.F.) K. Presl Ex Kunth

International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology ◽

10.3126/ijasbt.v3i1.12193 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 9-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tulika Talukdar ◽

Dibyendu Talukdar

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metal ◽

Metal Accumulation ◽

Heavy Metal Contamination ◽

Aquatic Macrophyte ◽

Heavy Metal Accumulation ◽

Transfer Factors ◽

Accumulation Pattern ◽

Plant Organs ◽

Edible Parts ◽

Soil Metal

Bioaccumulation potential of six ecotypes, collected from six different industrial zones of lower Indo-Gangetic basin of West Bengal, India,of Monochoria vaginalis, commonly known as oval-leafed pondweed has been investigated based on chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd) andCopper (Cu) accumulation pattern in different plant organs. Bioaccumulation potential was assessed by bioaccumulation factors (BFs-leavesmetal concentration/soil metal concentration), bioconcentration factors (BCFs- roots metal/soil metal), transfer factors (TFs-leaves +rhizomes/roots) and enrichment factors (EFs-metals in edible parts/soil metal). Accumulation pattern significantly differed among ecotypes,and accumulation in plant organs was highly metal-specific. BFs for Cr and Cd were >>1 in most of the ecotypes while high TFs (>>1) werenoticed in six ecotypes for Cr and Cu. BCFs was >>1 in all the ecotypes for Cd accumulation only. EFs values for the three metals hoveredaround 1 but it was > 1.0 for Cu in all the six ecotypes. The results suggested that Cr and Cu predominantly accumulated in leaves and rhizomeswhile Cd was predominantly sequestered in roots of M. vaginalis ecotypes. Cu, a redox active metal, showed higher capability than Cd and Crto accumulate in edible parts. In the present study, potential plant parts in M. vaginalis have been identified as bioaccumulation organs withoutany apparent symptoms of toxicity which can be used as phytoremediation of heavy metal contamination in aquatic ecosystems of lower Indo-Gangetic basin of India.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijasbt.v3i1.12193 Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol, Vol. 3(1): 9-15

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