Phytotoxicity of hydrogen fluoride and fluoroborate and their uptake from solution culture by Lycopersicon esculentum and Avena sativa

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dc.contributor.authorStevens, D.
dc.contributor.authorMcLaughlin, M.
dc.contributor.authorAlston, A.
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractThe aims of this paper were to determine the phytoavailability and phytotoxicity of hydrogen fluoride (HF) and fluoroborate (BF₄⁻) in solution when exposed to the root of the plant. As fluoroborate undergoes a slow hydrolysis to F and borate ions, the stability of BF₄⁻ under solution culture conditions was determined. Fluoroborate was found to have a zero order rate constant of 0.0136 and took approximately 72 days to hydrolyse completely. Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) and oat (Avena sativa) plants were grown in dilute nutrient solutions which contained a range of activities of HF and BF₄⁻. Dry matter production of both tomato and oat plants grown in nutrient solutions were found to be restricted by increased activity of HF and BF₄⁻ in solution. Tomatoes were more sensitive to HF and BF₄⁻ than oats. Limitations to dry matter production coincided with increased uptake of F for F concentrations in tissue of both tomatoes and oats. Fluoride uptake of both HF and BF by tomatoes and oats was orders of magnitude higher compared to similar activities of other ionic species of F reported in previous studies. Possible mechanisms of uptake are discussed.
dc.identifier.citationPlant and Soil: international journal on plant-soil relationships, 1998; 200(2):175-184
dc.identifier.doi10.1023/A:1004321602847
dc.identifier.issn0032-079X
dc.identifier.issn1573-5036
dc.identifier.orcidMcLaughlin, M. [0000-0001-6796-4144]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/27441
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Netherlands
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1023/a:1004321602847
dc.subjectFluoroborate
dc.subjecthydrogen fluoride
dc.subjectoat
dc.subjectplant uptake
dc.subjectsolution culture
dc.subjecttomato
dc.titlePhytotoxicity of hydrogen fluoride and fluoroborate and their uptake from solution culture by Lycopersicon esculentum and Avena sativa
dc.typeJournal article
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