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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Aseptic hydroponics to assess rhamnolipid-Cd and rhamnolipid-Zn bioavailability for sunflower (Helianthus annuus): a phytoextraction mechanism study |
Author: | Wen, J. McLaughlin, M. Stacey, S. Kirby, J. |
Citation: | Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016; 23(21):21327-21335 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
ISSN: | 0944-1344 1614-7499 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Jia Wen, Mike J. McLaughlin, Samuel P. Stacey, Jason K. Kirby |
Abstract: | The availability of cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) to sunflower (Helianthus annuus) was investigated in rhamnolipid- and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)-buffered solutions in order to evaluate the influence of aqueous speciation of the metals on their uptake by the plant, in relation to predictions of uptake by the free ion activity model (FIAM). Free metal ion activity was estimated using the chemical equilibrium program MINTEQ or measured by Donnan dialysis. The uptake of Cd followed the FIAM for the EDTA-buffered solution at EDTA concentrations below 0.4 μM; for the rhamnolipid-buffered solution, the uptake of both metals in roots was not markedly affected by increasing rhamnolipid concentrations in solution. This suggests rhamnolipid enhanced metal accumulation in plant roots (per unit free metal in solution) possibly through formation and uptake of lipophilic complexes. The addition of normal Ca concentrations (low millimetre range) to the rhamnolipid uptake solutions reduced Cd accumulation in shoots by inhibiting Cd translocation, whereas it significantly increased Zn accumulation in shoots. This study confirms that although rhamnolipid could enhance accumulation of Cd in plants roots at low Ca supply, it is not suitable for Cd phytoextraction in contaminated soil environments where Ca concentrations in soil solution are orders of magnitude greater than those of Cd. |
Keywords: | Metals; phytoremediation; rhamnolipid; free ion activity model |
Rights: | © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11356-016-7367-9 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7367-9 |
Appears in Collections: | Agriculture, Food and Wine publications Aurora harvest 8 |
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