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Zhong R, Pan D, Huang G, Yang G, Wang X, Niu R, Cai X, Ding Z, Chi W, Wang Y, Li X. Colloidal fraction on pomelo peel-derived biochar plays a dual role as electron shuttle and adsorbent in controlling arsenic transformation in anoxic paddy soil. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 934:173340. [PMID: 38763201 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2024] [Revised: 04/20/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/21/2024]
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Arsenic release and reduction in anoxic environments can be mitigated or facilitated by biochar amendment. However, the key fractions in biochars and how they control arsenic transformation remain poorly understood. In this study, a biochar produced from pomelo peel was rich in colloids and was used to evaluate the roles of the colloidal and residual fractions of biochar in arsenic transformation in anoxic paddy soil. Bulk biochar showed a markedly higher maximum adsorption capacity for As(III) at 1732 mg/kg than for As(V) at 75.7 mg/kg, mainly because of the colloidal fraction on the surface. When compared with the control and treatments with the colloidal/residual fraction, the addition of bulk biochar facilitated As(V) reduction and release in the soil during days 0-12, but decreased the dissolved As(III) concentration during days 12-20. The colloidal fraction revealed significantly higher electron donating capacity (8.26 μmole-/g) than that of bulk biochar (0.88 μmole-/g) and residual fraction (0.65 μmole-/g), acting as electron shuttle to promote As(V) reduction. Because the colloidal fraction was rich in aliphatic carbon, fulvic acid-like compounds, potassium, and calcium, it favored As(III) adsorption when more As(III) was released, probably via organic-cation-As(III) complexation. These findings provide deeper insight into the role of the colloidal fraction of biochar in controlling anaerobic arsenic transformation, which will be helpful for the practical application of biochar in arsenic-contaminated environments.
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- Ruilin Zhong
- SCNU Environmental Research Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution and Environmental Safety, MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- SCNU Environmental Research Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution and Environmental Safety, MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China; National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- SCNU Environmental Research Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution and Environmental Safety, MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China; National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- SCNU Environmental Research Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution and Environmental Safety, MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- SCNU Environmental Research Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution and Environmental Safety, MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- SCNU Environmental Research Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution and Environmental Safety, MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plant Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, Environmental Horticulture Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- SCNU Environmental Research Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution and Environmental Safety, MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- SCNU Environmental Research Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution and Environmental Safety, MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China; National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- SCNU Environmental Research Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution and Environmental Safety, MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Dissanayake PD, Alessi DS, Yang X, Kim JY, Yeom KM, Roh SW, Noh JH, Shaheen SM, Ok YS, Rinklebe J. Redox-mediated changes in the release dynamics of lead (Pb) and bacterial community composition in a biochar amended soil contaminated with metal halide perovskite solar panel waste. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 934:173296. [PMID: 38761950 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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This study explored the redox-mediated changes in a lead (Pb) contaminated soil (900 mg/kg) due to the addition of solar cell powder (SC) and investigated the impact of biochar derived from soft wood pellet (SWP) and oil seed rape straw (OSR) (5% w/w) on Pb immobilization using an automated biogeochemical microcosm system. The redox potential (Eh) of the untreated (control; SC) and biochar treated soils (SC + SWP and SC + OSR) ranged from -151 mV to +493 mV. In SC, the dissolved Pb concentrations were higher under oxic (up to 2.29 mg L-1) conditions than reducing (0.13 mg L-1) conditions. The addition of SWP and OSR to soil immobilized Pb, decreased dissolved concentration, which could be possibly due to the increase of pH, co-precipitation of Pb with FeMn (hydro)oxides and pyromorphite, and complexation with biochar surface functional groups. The ability and efficiency of OSR for Pb immobilization were higher than SWP, owing to the higher pH and density of surface functional groups of OSR than SWP. Biochar enhanced the relative abundance of Proteobacteria irrespective of Eh changes, while the relative abundance of Bacteroidota increased under oxidizing conditions. Overall, we found that both OSR and SWP immobilized Pb in solar panel waste contaminated soil under both oxidizing and reducing redox conditions which may mitigate the potential risk of Pb contamination.
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- Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake
- Korea Biochar Research Center, APRU Sustainable Waste Management Program & Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea; University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstrasse 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; Soils and Plant Nutrition Division, Coconut Research Institute, Lunuwila 61150, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstrasse 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Microbiology and Functionality Research Group, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju 61755, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Microbiology and Functionality Research Group, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju 61755, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstrasse 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment, and Arid Land Agriculture, Department of Arid Land Agriculture, 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; University of Kafrelsheikh, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, 33516 Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt.
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- Korea Biochar Research Center, APRU Sustainable Waste Management Program & Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstrasse 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany.
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Pathak HK, Chauhan PK, Seth CS, Dubey G, Upadhyay SK. Mechanistic and future prospects in rhizospheric engineering for agricultural contaminants removal, soil health restoration, and management of climate change stress. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 927:172116. [PMID: 38575037 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2024] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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Climate change, food insecurity, and agricultural pollution are all serious challenges in the twenty-first century, impacting plant growth, soil quality, and food security. Innovative techniques are required to mitigate these negative outcomes. Toxic heavy metals (THMs), organic pollutants (OPs), and emerging contaminants (ECs), as well as other biotic and abiotic stressors, can all affect nutrient availability, plant metabolic pathways, agricultural productivity, and soil-fertility. Comprehending the interactions between root exudates, microorganisms, and modified biochar can aid in the fight against environmental problems such as the accumulation of pollutants and the stressful effects of climate change. Microbes can inhibit THMs uptake, degrade organic pollutants, releases biomolecules that regulate crop development under drought, salinity, pathogenic attack and other stresses. However, these microbial abilities are primarily demonstrated in research facilities rather than in contaminated or stressed habitats. Despite not being a perfect solution, biochar can remove THMs, OPs, and ECs from contaminated areas and reduce the impact of climate change on plants. We hypothesized that combining microorganisms with biochar to address the problems of contaminated soil and climate change stress would be effective in the field. Despite the fact that root exudates have the potential to attract selected microorganisms and biochar, there has been little attention paid to these areas, considering that this work addresses a critical knowledge gap of rhizospheric engineering mediated root exudates to foster microbial and biochar adaptation. Reducing the detrimental impacts of THMs, OPs, ECs, as well as abiotic and biotic stress, requires identifying the best root-associated microbes and biochar adaptation mechanisms.
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- Himanshu K Pathak
- Department of Environmental Science, V.B.S. Purvanchal University, Jaunpur 222003, India
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- Department of Environmental Science, V.B.S. Purvanchal University, Jaunpur 222003, India
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- Department of Environmental Science, V.B.S. Purvanchal University, Jaunpur 222003, India
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- Department of Environmental Science, V.B.S. Purvanchal University, Jaunpur 222003, India.
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Zhou C, Zhu L, Zhao T, Dahlgren RA, Xu J. Fertilizer application alters cadmium and selenium bioavailability in soil-rice system with high geological background levels. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 350:124033. [PMID: 38670427 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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The co-occurrence of cadmium (Cd) pollution and selenium (Se) deficiency commonly exists in global soils, especially in China. As a result, there is great interest in developing practical agronomic strategies to simultaneously achieve Cd remediation and Se mobilization in paddy soils, thereby enhancing food quality/safety. To this end, we conducted a field-plot trial on soils having high geological background levels of Cd (0.67 mg kg-1) and Se (0.50 mg kg-1). We explored 12 contrasting fertilizers (urea, potassium sulfate (K2SO4), calcium-magnesium-phosphate (CMP)), amendments (manure and biochar) and their combinations on Cd/Se bioavailability. Soil pH, total organic carbon (TOC), soil available Cd/Se, Cd/Se fractions and Cd/Se accumulation in different rice components were determined. No significant differences existed in mean grain yield among treatments. Results showed that application of urea and K2SO4 decreased soil pH, whereas the CMP fertilizer and biochar treatments increased soil pH. There were no significant changes in TOC concentrations. Three treatments (CMP, manure, biochar) significantly decreased soil available Cd, whereas no treatment affected soil available Se at the maturity stage. Four treatments (CMP, manure, biochar and manure+urea+CMP+K2SO4) achieved our dual goal of Cd reduction and Se enrichment in rice grain. Structural equation modeling (SEM) demonstrated that soil available Cd and root Cd were negatively affected by pH and organic matter (OM), whereas soil available Se was positively affected by pH. Moreover, redundancy analysis (RDA) showed strong positive correlations between soil available Cd, exchangeable Cd and reducible Cd with grain Cd concentration, as well as between pH and soil available Se with grain Se concentration. Further, there was a strong negative correlation between residual Cd/Se (non-available fraction) and grain Cd/Se concentrations. Overall, this study identified the primary factors affecting Cd/Se bioavailability, thereby providing new guidance for achieving safe production of Se-enriched rice through fertilizer/amendment management of Cd-enriched soils.
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- Cheng Zhou
- Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, 95616, CA, USA
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- Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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Kapoor RT, Zdarta J. Fabrication of engineered biochar for remediation of toxic contaminants in soil matrices and soil valorization. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 358:142101. [PMID: 38653395 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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Biochar has emerged as an efficacious green material for remediation of a wide spectrum of environmental pollutants. Biochar has excellent characteristics and can be used to reduce the bioavailability and leachability of emerging pollutants in soil through adsorption and other physico-chemical reactions. This paper systematically reviewed previous researches on application of biochar/engineered biochar for removal of soil contaminants, and underlying adsorption mechanism. Engineered biochar are derivatives of pristine biochar that are modified by various physico-chemical and biological procedures to improve their adsorption capacities for contaminants. This review will promote the possibility to expand the application of biochar for restoration of degraded lands in the industrial area or saline soil, and further increase the useable area. This review shows that application of biochar is a win-win strategy for recycling and utilization of waste biomass and environmental remediation. Application of biochar for remediation of contaminated soils may provide a new solution to the problem of soil pollution. However, these studies were performed mainly in a laboratory or a small scale, hence, further investigations are required to fill the research gaps and to check real-time applicability of engineered biochar on the industrial contaminated sites for its large-scale application.
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- Riti Thapar Kapoor
- Centre for Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, 201 313, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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- Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Poznan University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60965, Poznan, Poland.
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Gao Y, Li J, Li C, Chen H, Fang Z, Adusei-Fosu K, Wang Y, Trakal L, Wang H. A novel magnetic graphene-loaded biochar gel for the remediation of arsenic- and antimony-contaminated mining soil. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 927:172149. [PMID: 38569970 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Revised: 03/30/2024] [Accepted: 03/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Metalloid co-contamination such as arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) in soils has posed a significant threat to ecological balance and human well-being. In this study, a novel magnetic graphene-loaded biochar gel (FeBG) was developed, and its remediation potential for the reclamation of AsSb spoiled soil was assessed through a six-month soil incubation experiment. Results showed that the incorporation of iron substances and graphene imparted FeBG with enhanced surface characteristics, such as the formation of a new FeO bond and an enlarged surface area compared to the pristine biochar (BC) (80.5 m2 g-1 vs 57.4 m2 g-1). Application of FeBG significantly decreased Na2HPO4-extractable concentration of As in soils by 9.9 %, whilst BC addition had a non-significant influence on As availability, compared to the control. Additionally, both BC (8.2 %) and FeBG (16.4 %) treatments decreased the Na2HPO4-extractable concentration of Sb in soils. The enhanced immobilization efficiency of FeBG for As/Sb could be attributed to FeBG-induced electrostatic attraction, complexation (Fe-O(H)-As/Sb), and π-π electron donor-acceptor coordination mechanisms. Additionally, the FeBG application boosted the activities of sucrase (9.6 %) and leucine aminopeptidase (7.7 %), compared to the control. PLS-PM analysis revealed a significant negative impact of soil physicochemical properties on the availability of As (β = -0.611, P < 0.01) and Sb (β = -0.848, P < 0.001) in soils, in which Sb availability subsequently led to a suppression in soil enzyme activities (β = -0.514, P < 0.01). Overall, the novel FeBG could be a potential amendment for the simultaneous stabilization of As/Sb and the improvement of soil quality in contaminated soils.
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- Yurong Gao
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China; Agronomy College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- Yancao Industry Biochar-Based Fertilizer Engineering Research Center of China, Bijie Yancao Company of Guizhou Province, Bijie, Guizhou 550700, China
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- Key Laboratory of Recycling and Eco-treatment of Waste Biomass of Zhejiang Province, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Zhejiang University of Science & Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China
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- Resilient Agriculture, AgResearch Ltd., Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Yancao Industry Biochar-Based Fertilizer Engineering Research Center of China, Bijie Yancao Company of Guizhou Province, Bijie, Guizhou 550700, China
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- Department of Environmental Geosciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Suchdol, 165 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China.
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Wei B, Zhang D, Jeyakumar P, Trakal L, Wang H, Sun K, Wei Y, Zhang X, Ling H, He S, Wu H, Huang Z, Li C, Wang Z. Iron-modified biochar effectively mitigates arsenic-cadmium pollution in paddy fields: A meta-analysis. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 469:133866. [PMID: 38422732 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2023] [Revised: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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The escalating problem of compound arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) contamination in agricultural soils necessitates the urgency for effective remediation strategies. This is compounded by the opposing geochemical behaviors of As and Cd in soil, and the efficacy of biochar treatment remains unclear. This pioneering study integrated 3780 observation pairs referred from 92 peer-reviewed articles to investigate the impact of iron-modified biochar on As and Cd responses across diverse soil environments. Regarding the treatments, 1) biochar significantly decreased the exchangeable and acid-soluble fraction of As (AsF1, 20.9%) and Cd (CdF1, 24.0%) in paddy fields; 2) iron-modified biochar significantly decreased AsF1 (32.0%) and CdF1 (27.4%); 3) iron-modified biochar in paddy fields contributed to the morphological changes in As and Cd, mainly characterized by a decrease in AsF1 (36.5%) and CdF1 (36.3%) and an increase in the reducible fraction of As (19.7%) and Cd (39.2%); and 4) iron-modified biochar in paddy fields increased As (43.1%) and Cd (53.7%) concentrations in the iron plaque on root surfaces. We conclude that iron-modified biochar treatment of paddy fields is promising in remediating As and Cd contamination by promoting the formation of iron plaque.
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- Beilei Wei
- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab for Sugarcane Biology, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab for Sugarcane Biology, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Environmental Sciences Group, School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Environmental Geosciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Praha 6, Suchdol, Czech Republic
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab for Sugarcane Biology, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab for Sugarcane Biology, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab for Sugarcane Biology, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab for Sugarcane Biology, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab for Sugarcane Biology, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab for Sugarcane Biology, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory for Agro-Environment and Agro-Products Safety, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China.
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- Kunpeng Institute of Modern Agriculture at Foshan, Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518124, China.
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- State Key Lab for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agri-Biological Resources, Guangxi Key Lab for Sugarcane Biology, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China.
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Li J, Gao Y, Li C, Wang F, Chen H, Yang X, Jeyakumar P, Sarkar B, Luo Z, Bolan N, Li X, Meng J, Wang H. Pristine and Fe-functionalized biochar for the simultaneous immobilization of arsenic and antimony in a contaminated mining soil. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 469:133937. [PMID: 38460259 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
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This study examined the effectiveness of pristine biochar (BC) and Fe-functionalized biochar (FBC) in remediating As-Sb co-contaminated soil, and revealed the resulting impact on soil enzymatic activities and bacterial communities. Results from incubation experiments showed that the 1.5% FBC treatment reduced the bioavailable As and Sb concentration by 13.5% and 27.1%, respectively, in compared to the control, and reduced the proportion of specifically adsorbed and amorphous Fe-Mn oxide-bound metal(loid) fractions in the treated soil. Among the BC treatments, only the 1.5% BC treatment resulted in a reduction of bioavailable As by 11.7% and Sb by 21.4%. The 0.5% BC treatment showed no significant difference. The FBC achieved high As/Sb immobilization efficiency through Fe-induced electrostatic attraction, π-π electron donor-acceptor coordination, and complexation (Fe-O(H)-As/Sb) mechanisms. Additionally, the 1.5% FBC treatment led to a 108.2% and 367.4% increase in the activities of N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase and urease in soils, respectively, compared to the control. Furthermore, it significantly increased the abundance of Proteobacteria (15.2%), Actinobacteriota (37.0%), Chloroflexi (21.4%), and Gemmatimonadota (43.6%) at the phylum level. Co-occurrence network analysis showed that FBC was better than BC in increasing the complexity of bacterial communities. Partial least squares path modeling further indicated that the addition of biochar treatments can affect soil enzyme activities by altering soil bacterial composition. This study suggests that FBC application offers advantages in simultaneous As and Sb immobilization and restructuring the bacterial community composition in metal(loid)-contaminated soil.
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- Jiayi Li
- Agronomy College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China; School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Yancao Production Technology Center, Bijie Yancao Company of Guizhou Province, Bijie 551700, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Key Laboratory of Recycling and Eco-treatment of Waste Biomass of Zhejiang Province, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Zhejiang University of Science & Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Environmental Sciences, School of Agriculture & Environment, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia
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- Yancao Production Technology Center, Bijie Yancao Company of Guizhou Province, Bijie 551700, China
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China
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- Agronomy College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China.
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- Agronomy College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China; School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China.
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Zhang J, Li J, Lin Q, Huang Y, Chen D, Ma H, Zhao Q, Luo W, Nawaz M, Jeyakumar P, Trakal L, Wang H. Impact of coconut-fiber biochar on lead translocation, accumulation, and detoxification mechanisms in a soil-rice system under elevated lead stress. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 469:133903. [PMID: 38430601 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Revised: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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Biochar, an environmentally friendly material, was found to passivate lead (Pb) in contaminated soil effectively. This study utilized spectroscopic investigations and partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM) analysis to examine the impact of coconut-fiber biochar (CFB) on the translocation, accumulation, and detoxification mechanisms of Pb in soil-rice systems. The results demonstrated a significant decrease (p < 0.05) in bioavailable Pb concentration in paddy soils with CFB amendment, as well as reduced Pb concentrations in rice roots, shoots, and brown rice. Synchrotron-based micro X-ray fluorescence analyses revealed that CFB application inhibited the migration of Pb to the rhizospheric soil region, leading to reduced Pb uptake by rice roots. Additionally, the CFB treatment decreased Pb concentrations in the cellular protoplasm of both roots and shoots, and enhanced the activity of antioxidant enzymes in rice plants, improving their Pb stress tolerance. PLS-PM analyses quantified the effects of CFB on the accumulation and detoxification pathways of Pb in the soil-rice system. Understanding how biochar influences the immobilization and detoxification of Pb in soil-rice systems could provide valuable insights for strategically using biochar to address hazardous elements in complex agricultural settings.
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- Jingmin Zhang
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; Danzhou Soil Environment of Rubber Plantation, Hainan Observation and Research Station, Rubber Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou, Hainan 571737, China
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- Danzhou Soil Environment of Rubber Plantation, Hainan Observation and Research Station, Rubber Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou, Hainan 571737, China
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- Danzhou Soil Environment of Rubber Plantation, Hainan Observation and Research Station, Rubber Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou, Hainan 571737, China
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- Danzhou Soil Environment of Rubber Plantation, Hainan Observation and Research Station, Rubber Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou, Hainan 571737, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Crops Nutrition of Hainan Province/ South Subtropical Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS), Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524091, China
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- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Danzhou Soil Environment of Rubber Plantation, Hainan Observation and Research Station, Rubber Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou, Hainan 571737, China.
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- Institute of Environment and Ecology, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- Environmental Sciences, School of Agriculture & Environment, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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- Department of Environmental Geosciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Suchdol, 165 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong 528000, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China.
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Yasin MU, Haider Z, Munir R, Zulfiqar U, Rehman M, Javaid MH, Ahmad I, Nana C, Saeed MS, Ali B, Gan Y. The synergistic potential of biochar and nanoparticles in phytoremediation and enhancing cadmium tolerance in plants. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 354:141672. [PMID: 38479680 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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Cadmium (Cd) is classified as a heavy metal (HM) and is found into the environment through both natural processes and intensified anthropogenic activities such as industrial operations, mining, disposal of metal-laden waste like batteries, as well as sludge disposal, excessive fertilizer application, and Cd-related product usage. This rising Cd disposal into the environment carries substantial risks to the food chain and human well-being. Inadequate regulatory measures have led to Cd bio-accumulation in plants, which is increasing in an alarming rate and further jeopardizing higher trophic organisms, including humans. In response, an effective Cd decontamination strategy such as phytoremediation emerges as a potent solution, with innovations in nanotechnology like biochar (BC) and nanoparticles (NPs) further augmenting its effectiveness for Cd phytoremediation. BC, derived from biomass pyrolysis, and a variety of NPs, both natural and less toxic, actively engage in Cd removal during phytoremediation, mitigating plant toxicity and associated hazards. This review scrutinizes the application of BC and NPs in Cd phytoremediation, assessing their synergistic mechanism in influencing plant growth, genetic regulations, structural transformations, and phytohormone dynamics. Additionally, the review also underscores the adoption of this sustainable and environmentally friendly strategies for future research in employing BC-NP microaggregates to ameliorate Cd phytoremediation from soil, thereby curbing ecological damage due to Cd toxicity.
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- Muhammad Umair Yasin
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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Sui F, Xue Z, Shao K, Hao Z, Ge H, Cui L, Quan G, Yan J. Iron-modified biochar inhibiting Cd uptake in rice by Cd co-deposition with Fe oxides in the rice rhizosphere. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:26099-26111. [PMID: 38492143 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-32839-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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Fe-enriched biochar has proven to be effective in reducing Cd uptake in rice plants by enhancing iron plaque formation. However, the effect of Fe on biochar, especially the biochar with high S content, for Cd immobilization in rice rhizosphere was not fully understood. To obtain eco-friendly Fe-loaded biochar at a low cost, garlic straw, bean straw, and rape straw were chosen as the feedstocks for Fe-enhanced biochar production by co-pyrolysis with Fe2O3. The resulting biochars and Fe-loaded biochars were GBC, BBC, BRE, GBC-Fe, BBC-Fe, and BRE-Fe, respectively. XRD and FTIR analyses showed that Fe was successfully loaded onto the biochar. The pristine and Fe-containing biochars were applied at rates of 0% (BC0) and 0.1% in pot experiments. Results suggested that BBC-Fe caused the highest reduction in Cd content of rice grain, and the reductions were 67.9% and 31.4%, compared with BC0 and BBC, respectively. Compared to BBC, BBC-Fe effectively reduced Cd uptake in rice roots by 47.5%. The exchangeable and acid-soluble fraction of Cd (F1-Cd) in soil with BBC-Fe treatment was 37.6% and 63.7% lower than that of BC0 and BBC, respectively. Compared to BC0, soil pH was increased by 0.53 units with BBC-Fe treatment. BBC-Fe significantly increased Fe oxides (free Fe oxides, amorphous Fe oxides, and complex Fe oxides) content in the soil as well. DGT study demonstrated that BBC-Fe could enhance the mobility of sulfate in the rhizosphere, which might be beneficial for Cd fixation in the rhizosphere. Moreover, BBC-Fe increased the relative abundance of Bacteroidota, Firmicutes, and Clostridia, which might be beneficial for Cd immobilization in the rhizosphere. This work highlights the synergistic effect of loaded Fe and biochar on Cd immobilization by enhancing Cd deposited with Fe oxides.
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- Fengfeng Sui
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, No. 211 Jianjun East Road, Yancheng, 224051, China
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center of Biomass Waste Pyrolytic Carbonization & Application, Yancheng, 224051, China
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- Institute of Resources, Ecosystem and Environment of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, No. 211 Jianjun East Road, Yancheng, 224051, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, No. 211 Jianjun East Road, Yancheng, 224051, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, No. 211 Jianjun East Road, Yancheng, 224051, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, No. 211 Jianjun East Road, Yancheng, 224051, China
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center of Biomass Waste Pyrolytic Carbonization & Application, Yancheng, 224051, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, No. 211 Jianjun East Road, Yancheng, 224051, China
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center of Biomass Waste Pyrolytic Carbonization & Application, Yancheng, 224051, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, No. 211 Jianjun East Road, Yancheng, 224051, China.
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center of Biomass Waste Pyrolytic Carbonization & Application, Yancheng, 224051, China.
- Industrial Technology Research Institute of YCIT, Yancheng, 224051, China.
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Mridha D, Sarkar J, Majumdar A, Sarkar K, Maiti A, Acharya K, Das M, Chen H, Niazi NK, Roychowdhury T. Evaluation of iron-modified biochar on arsenic accumulation by rice: a pathway to assess human health risk from cooked rice. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:23549-23567. [PMID: 38421541 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-32644-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Arsenic (As) contamination of rice grain poses a serious threat to human health. Therefore, it is crucial to reduce the bioavailability of As in the soil and its accumulation in rice grains to ensure the safety of food and human health. In this study, mango (Mangifera indica) leaf-derived biochars (MBC) were synthesized and modified with iron (Fe) to produce FeMBC. In this study, 0.5 and 1% (w/w) doses of MBC and FeMBC were used. The results showed that 1% FeMBC enhanced the percentage of filled grains/panicle and biomass yield by 17 and 27%, respectively, compared to the control. The application of 0.5 and 1% FeMBC significantly (p < 0.05) reduced bioavailable soil As concentration by 33 and 48%, respectively, in comparison to the control. The even higher As flux in the control group as compared to the biochar-treated groups indicates the lower As availability to biochar-treated rice plant. The concentration of As in rice grains was reduced by 6 and 31% in 1% MBC and 1% FeMBC, respectively, compared to the control. The reduction in As concentration in rice grain under 1% FeMBC was more pronounced due to reduced bioavailability of As and enhanced formation of Fe-plaque. This may restrict the entry of As through the rice plant. The concentrations of micronutrients (such as Fe, Zn, Se, and Mn) in brown rice were also improved after the application of both MBC and FeMBC in comparison to the control. This study indicates that the consumption of parboiled rice reduces the health risk associated with As compared to cooked sunned rice. It emphasizes that 1% MBC and 1% FeMBC have great potential to decrease the uptake of As in rice grains.
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- Deepanjan Mridha
- School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019, India
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- School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019, India
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- School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences, The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, AR, USA
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India.
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Ur Rahman S, Qin A, Zain M, Mushtaq Z, Mehmood F, Riaz L, Naveed S, Ansari MJ, Saeed M, Ahmad I, Shehzad M. Pb uptake, accumulation, and translocation in plants: Plant physiological, biochemical, and molecular response: A review. Heliyon 2024; 10:e27724. [PMID: 38500979 PMCID: PMC10945279 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024] Open
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Lead (Pb) is a highly toxic contaminant that is ubiquitously present in the ecosystem and poses severe environmental issues, including hazards to soil-plant systems. This review focuses on the uptake, accumulation, and translocation of Pb metallic ions and their toxicological effects on plant morpho-physiological and biochemical attributes. We highlight that the uptake of Pb metal is controlled by cation exchange capacity, pH, size of soil particles, root nature, and other physio-chemical limitations. Pb toxicity obstructs seed germination, root/shoot length, plant growth, and final crop-yield. Pb disrupts the nutrient uptake through roots, alters plasma membrane permeability, and disturbs chloroplast ultrastructure that triggers changes in respiration as well as transpiration activities, creates the reactive oxygen species (ROS), and activates some enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants. Pb also impairs photosynthesis, disrupts water balance and mineral nutrients, changes hormonal status, and alters membrane structure and permeability. This review provides consolidated information concentrating on the current studies associated with Pb-induced oxidative stress and toxic conditions in various plants, highlighting the roles of different antioxidants in plants mitigating Pb-stress. Additionally, we discussed detoxification and tolerance responses in plants by regulating different gene expressions, protein, and glutathione metabolisms to resist Pb-induced phytotoxicity. Overall, various approaches to tackle Pb toxicity have been addressed; the phytoremediation techniques and biochar amendments are economical and eco-friendly remedies for improving Pb-contaminated soils.
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- Shafeeq Ur Rahman
- Water Science and Environmental Engineering Research Center, College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Institute of Farmland Irrigation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Water Use and Regulation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Xinxiang, 453002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology of Jiangsu Province, Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology of Jiangsu Province, College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Land and Water Management, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, 70060, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Kohsar University Murree, 47150, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Bareilly), 244001, India
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Hail, Hail, P.O. Box 2240, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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Xu W, Xie X, Li Q, Yang X, Ren J, Shi Y, Liu D, Shaheen SM, Rinklebe J. Biochar co-pyrolyzed from peanut shells and maize straw improved soil biochemical properties, rice yield, and reduced cadmium mobilization and accumulation by rice: Biogeochemical investigations. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 466:133486. [PMID: 38244456 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/22/2024]
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Biochar is an eco-friendly amendment for the remediation of soils contaminated with cadmium (Cd). However, little attention has been paid to the influence and underlying mechanisms of the co-pyrolyzed biochar on the bioavailability and uptake of Cd in paddy soils. The current study explored the effects of biochar co-pyrolyzed from peanut shells (P) and maize straw (M) at different mixing ratios (1:0, 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 0:1, 2:1 and 3:1, w/w), on the bacterial community and Cd fractionation in paddy soil, and its uptake by rice plant. Biochar addition, particularly P1M3 (P/M 1:3), significantly elevated soil pH and cation exchange capacity, transferred the mobile Cd to the residual fraction, and reduced Cd availability in the rhizosphere soil. P1M3 application decreased the concentration of Cd in different rice tissues (root, stem, leaf, and grain) by 30.0%- 49.4%, compared to the control. Also, P1M3 enhanced the microbial diversity indices and relative abundance of iron-oxidizing bacteria in the rhizosphere soil. Moreover, P1M3 was more effective in promoting the formation of iron plaque, increasing the Cd sequestration by iron plaque than other treatments. Consequently, the highest yield and lowest Cd accumulation in rice were observed following P1M3 application. This study revealed the feasibility of applying P1M3 for facilitating paddy soils contaminated with Cd.
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- Weijie Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an 311300, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Renmin Road 58, Haikou 570228, China
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- Agriculture and Rural of Jiaxing, Jiaxing 323500, China
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- Agriculture and Rural of Jiaxing, Jiaxing 323500, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an 311300, China.
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment, and Arid Land Agriculture, Department of Arid Land Agriculture, 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; University of Kafrelsheikh, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, 33516, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany.
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Khaliq MA, Alsudays IM, Alhaithloul HAS, Rizwan M, Yong JWH, Ur Rahman S, Sagir M, Bashir S, Ali H, Hongchao Z. Biochar impacts on carbon dioxide, methane emission, and cadmium accumulation in rice from Cd-contaminated soils; A meta-analysis. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2024; 274:116204. [PMID: 38489905 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2023] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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Climate change and cadmium (Cd) contamination pose severe threats to rice production and food security. Biochar (BC) has emerged as a promising soil amendment for mitigating these challenges. To investigate the BC effects on paddy soil upon GHG emissions, Cd bioavailability, and its accumulation, a meta-analysis of published data from 2000 to 2023 was performed. Data Manager 5.3 and GetData plot Digitizer software were used to obtain and process the data for selected parameters. Our results showed a significant increase of 18% in soil pH with sewage sludge BC application, while 9% increase in soil organic carbon (SOC) using bamboo chips BC. There was a significant reduction in soil bulk density (8%), but no significant effects were observed for soil porosity, except for wheat straw BC which reduced the soil porosity by 6%. Sewage sludge and bamboo chips BC significantly reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) by 7-8% while municipal biowaste reduced methane (CH4) emissions by 2%. In the case of heavy metals, sunflower seedshells-derived materials and rice husk BC significantly reduced the bioavailable Cd in paddy soils by 24% and 12%, respectively. Cd uptake by rice roots was lowered considerably by the addition of kitchen waste (22%), peanut hulls (21%), and corn cob (15%) based BC. Similarly, cotton sticks, kitchen waste, peanut hulls, and rice husk BC restricted Cd translocation from rice roots to shoots by 22%, 27%, 20%, and 19%, respectively, while sawdust and rice husk-based BC were effective for reducing Cd accumulation in rice grains by 25% and 13%. Regarding rice yield, cotton sticks-based BC significantly increased the yield by 37% in Cd-contaminated paddy soil. The meta-analysis demonstrated that BC is an effective and multi-pronged strategy for sustainable and resilient rice cultivation by lowering greenhouse gas emissions and Cd accumulation while improving yields under the increasing threat of climate change.
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- Muhammad Athar Khaliq
- College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Tian-shui South Road, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp 23456, Sweden.
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- Water Science and Environmental Engineering Research Center, College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan 32000, Pakistan
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan
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- College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Tian-shui South Road, Lanzhou 730000, PR China.
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Jia H, Wu Y, Zhang M, Ye J, Du D, Wang H. Role of phosphorus on the biogeochemical behavior of cadmium in the contaminated soil under leaching and pot experiments. J Environ Sci (China) 2024; 137:488-499. [PMID: 37980033 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2023.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/20/2023]
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Phosphorus (P) is involved in various biochemical reactions in plant growth, so it is beneficial to plants growing in soils contaminated by metals, including cadmium (Cd). However, few studies have reported on the mechanistic roles of P in mitigating Cd toxicity to ryegrass root, and especially in alleviating the disruption of the mitochondrial function of living cells. In this study, the physiological and biochemical mechanisms associated with ryegrass growth under various Cd and P treatments were investigated using leaching and pot systems. The concentration of Cd in soil leachates showed a significantly positive relationship with redox potential (P < 0.05), but negative relationship (P < 0.05) with leachate pH values and dissolved organic carbon (DOC), indicating that exogenous P addition (as H2PO4-) may decrease Cd leaching from contaminated soil. Compared to the control (without P addition), the cumulative Cd content was reduced by 53.3% and 64.5% in the soil leachate with exogenous P application (20 mg/L and 80 mg/L), respectively. Notably, application of P decreased the Cd concentrations in the symplastic fractions and increased the Cd concentrations in the apoplastic fractions in root tips, which may help to alleviate Cd stress to the protoplast. Moreover, exogenous P was found to play a positive role in mitochondrial function and Ca2+ variation in root cells under Cd stress, which provides novel insights into the mechanisms of exogenous P in alleviating plant Cd injury.
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- Hui Jia
- Institute of Environment and Ecology, School of Emergency Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China; School of the Environment and Safety Engineering & Institute of Environment and Ecology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China
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- School of the Environment and Safety Engineering & Institute of Environment and Ecology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of the Environment and Safety Engineering & Institute of Environment and Ecology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of the Environment and Safety Engineering & Institute of Environment and Ecology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- Institute of Environment and Ecology, School of Emergency Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China; School of the Environment and Safety Engineering & Institute of Environment and Ecology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China.
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- Xuzhou Medical University, Affiliated Hospital, Xuzhou 221004, China.
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Fu H, Ma S, Wang L, Xue W, Xiong S, Sui F, Liu H, Li C, Li G, Duan R, Zhao P. Hierarchically porous magnetic biochar as an amendment for wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivation in alkaline Cd-contaminated soils: Impacts on plant growth, soil properties and microbiota. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 352:141295. [PMID: 38309605 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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Hierarchically porous magnetic biochar (HMB) had been found to act as an effective amendment to remediate cadmium (Cd) in water and soil in a previous study, but the effects on wheat growth, Cd uptake and translocation mechanisms, and soil microorganisms were unknown. Therefore, soil Cd form transformation, soil enzyme activity, soil microbial diversity, wheat Cd uptake and migration, and wheat growth were explored by adding different amounts of HMB to alkaline Cd-contaminated soil under pot experiments. The results showed that application of HMB (0.5 %-2.0 %) raised soil pH, electrical conductivity (EC) and available Fe concentration, decreased soil available Cd concentration (35.11 %-50.91 %), and promoted Cd conversion to less bioavailable Cd forms. HMB treatments could reduce Cd enrichment in wheat, inhibit Cd migration from root to stem, rachis to glume, glume to grain, and promote Cd migration from stem to leaf and stem to rachis. HMB (0.5 %-1.0 %) boosted antioxidant enzyme activity, reduced oxidative stress, and enhanced photosynthesis in wheat seedlings. Application of 1.0 % HMB increased wheat grain biomass by 40.32 %. Besides, the addition of HMB (0.5 %-1.0 %) could reduce soil Cd bioavailability, increase soil enzyme activity, and increase the abundance and diversity of soil bacteria. Higher soil EC brought forth by HMB (2.0 %) made the wheat plants and soil bacteria poisonous. This study suggests that applying the right amount of HMB to alkaline Cd-contaminated soil could be a potential remediation strategy to decrease Cd in plants' edible parts and enhance soil quality.
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- Haichao Fu
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Pollution Control and Remediation of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Pollution Control and Remediation of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Pollution Control and Remediation of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Original Agro-Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, PR China, Tianjin 300191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, Henan, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Pollution Control and Remediation of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Pollution Control and Remediation of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Pollution Control and Remediation of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Pollution Control and Remediation of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Pollution Control and Remediation of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Pollution Control and Remediation of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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Cao R, Kang G, Zhang W, Zhou J, Xie W, Liu Z, Xu L, Hu F, Li Z, Li H. Biochar loaded with ferrihydrite and Bacillus pseudomycoides enhances remediation of co-existed Cd(II) and As(III) in solution. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2024; 395:130323. [PMID: 38228221 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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Bioremediation is one of the effective ways for heavy metal remediation. Iron-modified biochar (F@BC) loaded with Bacillus pseudomycoides (BF@BC) was synthesized to remove the coexistence of cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) in solutions. The results showed that B. pseudomycoides significantly increased the removal rate of Cd(II) by enhancing the specific surface area and Si-containing functional groups of biochar (BC). The surface of F@BC was enriched with Fe-containing functional groups, significantly improving As(III) adsorption. The combination of ferrihydrite and strains on BF@BC enhanced the removal of Cd(II) and As(III). It also promoted the oxidation of As(III) by producing an abundance of hydroxyl radicals (·OH). The maximum saturated adsorption capacity of BF@BC for Cd(II) and As(III) increased by 52.47% and 2.99 folds compared with BC, respectively. This study suggests that biochar loaded with Fe and bacteria could be sustainable for the remediation of the coexistence of Cd(II) and As(III) in solutions.
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- Rui Cao
- Laboratory of Soil Ecology, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210042, China
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- Laboratory of Soil Ecology, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Restoration and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystems in Wanjiang Basin, College of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China
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- Laboratory of Soil Ecology, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Laboratory of Soil Ecology, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Laboratory of Soil Ecology, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China; Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Sanya, Hainan, 572000, China
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- Laboratory of Soil Ecology, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Synergetic Control and Joint Remediation for Soil & Water Pollution, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610059, China.
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- Laboratory of Soil Ecology, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China.
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Zhao Y, Yao J, Li H, Sunahara G, Li M, Tang C, Duran R, Ma B, Liu H, Feng L, Zhu J, Wu Y. Effects of three plant growth-promoting bacterial symbiosis with ryegrass for remediation of Cd, Pb, and Zn soil in a mining area. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 353:120167. [PMID: 38308995 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 01/01/2024] [Accepted: 01/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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The quality of soil containing heavy metals (HMs) around nonferrous metal mining areas is often not favorable for plant growth. Three types of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR)-assisted ryegrass were examined here to treat Cd, Pb, and Zn contaminated soil collected from a nonferrous metal smelting facility. The effects of PGPR-assisted plants on soil quality, plant growth, and the migration and transformation of HMs were evaluated. Results showed that inter-root inoculation of PGPR to ryegrass increased soil redox potential, urease, sucrase and acid phosphatase activities, microbial calorimetry, and bioavailable P, Si, and K content. Inoculation with PGPR also increased aboveground parts and root length, P, Si, and K contents, and antioxidant enzyme activities. The most significant effect was that the simultaneous inoculation of all three PGPRs increased the ryegrass extraction (%) of Cd (59.04-79.02), Pb (105.56-157.13), and Zn (27.71-40.79), compared to CK control (without fungi). Correspondingly, the inter-root soil contents (%) of total Cd (39.94-57.52), Pb (37.59-42.17), and Zn (34.05-37.28) were decreased compared to the CK1 control (without fungi and plants), whereas their bioavailability was increased. Results suggest that PGPR can improve soil quality in mining areas, promote plant growth, transform the fraction of HMs in soil, and increase the extraction of Cd, Pb, and Zn by ryegrass. PGPR is a promising microbe-assisted phytoremediation strategy that can promote the re-greening of vegetation in the mining area while remediating HMs pollution.
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- Yan Zhao
- School of Water Resources and Environment, Research Center of Environmental Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, Research Center of Environmental Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, China.
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, Research Center of Environmental Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, Research Center of Environmental Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, China; Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21111, Lakeshore Drive, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, Research Center of Environmental Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, Research Center of Environmental Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, Research Center of Environmental Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, China; Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S-UPPA, IPREM, 5254, BP 1155, 64013, Pau, Cedex, France
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, Research Center of Environmental Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, Research Center of Environmental Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, Research Center of Environmental Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, Research Center of Environmental Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, Research Center of Environmental Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083, Beijing, China
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Cai Y, Jiang J, Zhao X, Zhou D, Gu X. How Fe-bearing materials affect soil arsenic bioavailability to rice: A meta-analysis. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:169378. [PMID: 38101648 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Arsenic (As) contamination is widespread in soil and poses a threat to agricultural products and human health due to its high susceptibility to absorption by rice. Fe-bearing materials (Fe-Mat) display significant potential for reducing As bioavailability in soil and bioaccumulation in rice. However, the remediation effect of various Fe-Mat is often inconsistent, and the response to diverse environmental factors is ambiguous. Here, we conducted a meta-analysis to quantitatively assess the effects of As in soils, rice roots, and grains based on 673, 321, and 305 individual observations from 67 peer-reviewed articles, respectively. On average, Fe-Mat reduced As bioavailability in soils, rice roots, and grains by 28.74 %, 33.48 %, and 44.61 %, respectively. According to the analysis of influencing factors, the remediation efficiency of Fe-Mat on As-contaminated soil was significantly enhanced with increasing Fe content in the material, in which the industry byproduct was the most effective in soils (-42.31 %) and rice roots (-44.57 %), while Fe-biochar was superior in rice grains (-54.62 %). The efficiency of Fe-Mat in minimizing soil As mobility was negatively correlated with soil Fe content, CEC, and pH. In addition, applying Fe-Mat in alkaline soils with higher silt, lower clay and available P was more effective in reducing As in rice grains. A higher efficiency of applying Fe-Mat under continuous flooding conditions (27.39 %) compared with alternate wetting and drying conditions (23.66 %) was also identified. Our results offer an important reference for the development of remediation strategies and methods for various As-contaminated paddy soils.
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- Yijun Cai
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Management, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Nanjing 210042, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China.
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Chen Y, Yang W, Zou Y, Wu Y, Mao W, Zhang J, Zia-Ur-Rehman M, Wang B, Wu P. Quantification of the effect of biochar application on heavy metals in paddy systems: Impact, mechanisms and future prospects. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:168874. [PMID: 38029988 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Biochar (BC) has shown great potential in remediating heavy metal(loid)s (HMs) contamination in paddy fields. Variation in feedstock sources, pyrolysis temperatures, modification methods, and application rates of BC can result in great changes in its effects on HM bioavailability and bioaccumulation in soil-rice systems and remediation mechanisms. Meanwhile, there is a lack of application guidelines for BC with specific properties and application rates when targeting rice fields contaminated with certain HMs. To elucidate this topic, this review focuses on i) the effects of feedstock type, pyrolysis temperature, and modification method on the properties of BC; ii) the changes in bioavailability and bioaccumulation of HMs in soil-rice systems applying BC with different feedstocks, pyrolysis temperatures, modification methods, and application rates; and iii) exploration of potential remediation mechanisms for applying BC to reduce the mobility and bioaccumulation of HMs in rice field systems. In general, the application of Fe/Mn modified organic waste (OW) derived BC for mid-temperature pyrolysis is still a well-optimized choice for the remediation of HM contamination in rice fields. From the viewpoint of remediation efficiency, the application rate of BC should be appropriately increased to immobilize Cd, Pb, and Cu in rice paddies, while the application rate of BC for immobilizing As should be <2.0 % (w/w). The mechanism of remediation of HM-contaminated rice fields by applying BC is mainly the direct adsorption of HMs by BC in soil pore water and the mediation of soil microenvironmental changes. In addition, the application of Fe/Mn modified BC induced the formation of iron plaque (IP) on the root surface of rice, which reduced the uptake of HM by the plant. Finally, this paper describes the prospects and challenges for the extension of various BCs for the remediation of HM contamination in paddy fields and makes some suggestions for future development.
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- Yonglin Chen
- Key Laboratory of Karst Geological Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Karst Geological Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Karst Geological Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Karst Geological Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- Guizhou Environment and Engineering Appraisal Center, Guiyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Karst Geological Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of Karst Geological Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Karst Geological Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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Yasin MU, Hannan F, Munir R, Muhammad S, Iqbal M, Yasin I, Khan MSS, Kanwal F, Chunyan Y, Fan X, Gan Y. Interactive mode of biochar-based silicon and iron nanoparticles mitigated Cd-toxicity in maize. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:169288. [PMID: 38110103 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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Cadmium contamination poses severe environmental and health threats, necessitating effective mitigation strategies. Rice husk biochar (BC) and nanoparticle (NP) treatments are emerging strategies with limited research on their synergistic benefits. This study assesses BC, silicon NPs (nSi), and iron NPs (nFe) modifications (B-nSi, B-nFe, and B-nSi-nFe) to reduce Cd-bioavailability in soil and its toxicity in maize, not reported before. Characterization of amendments validated, nSi and nFe attachment to BC, forming new mineral crystals to adsorb Cd. We found that B-nSi-nFe induced Cd-immobilization in soil by the formation of Cd-ligand complexes with the effective retention of NPs within microporous structure of BC. B-nSi-nFe increased soil pH by 0.76 units while reducing bioavailable Cd by 49 %, than Ck-Cd. Resultantly, B-nSi-nFe reduced Cd concentrations in roots and shoots by 51 % and 75 %, respectively. Moreover, the application of B-nSi-nFe significantly enhanced plant biomass, antioxidant activities, and upregulated the expression of antioxidant genes [ZmAPX (3.28 FC), ZmCAT (3.20 FC), ZmPOD (2.58 FC), ZmSOD (3.08 FC), ZmGSH (3.17 FC), and ZmMDHAR (3.80 FC)] while downregulating Cd transporter genes [ZmNramp5 (3.65 FC), ZmHMA2 (2.92 FC), and ZmHMA3 (3.40 FC)] compared to Ck-Cd. Additionally, confocal microscopy confirmed the efficacy of B-nSi-nFe in maintaining cell integrity due to reduced oxidative stress. SEM and TEM observations revealed alleviation of Cd toxicity to stomata, guard cells, and ultracellular structures with B-nSi-nFe treatment. Overall, this study demonstrated the potential of B-nSi-nFe for reducing Cd mobility in soil-plant system, mitigating Cd-toxicity in plants and improving enzymatic activities in soil.
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- Muhammad Umair Yasin
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Food Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Tan X, Zhang Y, Ren M, Qie H, Liu M, Cui J, Liu D, Jiao C, Lin A. Effects of soil amendments on Cd and As mobility in the soil-rice system and their distribution in the grain. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 903:166608. [PMID: 37640070 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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The accumulation, mobilization, and distribution of toxic metal(loid)s in rice are key factors that affect food security and determine bio-utilization patterns. In this study, five soil amendments with different components were used in paddy fields to study the key factors: organic amendments: (1) polyaspartic acid (OA1) and (2) organic fertilizer (OA2); inorganic amendments: (3) kaolinite (IA1) and (4) magnesium slag (IA2); and organic-inorganic composite amendments: (5) modified biochar/quicklime (OIA). Although the Cd and As exhibited opposite chemical dissolution behaviors, IA1/OIA, can simultaneously reduce their accumulation and transfer coefficients in rice tissues, while other amendments only work for one of them. The in situ distribution in grains showed that IA1/OIA changed the original Cd distribution in the lemma and palea, whereas all amendments reduced Cd accumulation in the germ. In contrast, OA1/IA2 amendments led to more As accumulation in the rice husks and bran than in the endosperm center, and the germ had higher As signals. Because of their similar transport pathways and interactions, the concentrations of Cd and As in the grains were correlated with a variety of mineral elements (Fe, Mo, Zn, etc.). Changes in the Cd/As concentration and distribution in rice were achieved through the improvement of soil properties and plant growth behavior through amendments. The application of OIA resulted in the highest immobilization indices, at 82.17 % and 35.34 % for Cd and As, respectively. The Cd/As concentrations in the rice grains were highly positively correlated with extractable-Cd/As in the soil (Cd: R2 = 0.95, As: R2 = 0.93). These findings reveal the migration and distribution mechanisms of Cd and As in the soil-rice system, and thus provide fundamental information for minimizing food safety risk.
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- Xiao Tan
- College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029 Beijing, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029 Beijing, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029 Beijing, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029 Beijing, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029 Beijing, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029 Beijing, China
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- College of Ecological Environment, Institute of Disaster Prevention, 065201, Hebei, China
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- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Contaminants Exposure and Health, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; Key Laboratory for Bio Medical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China.
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029 Beijing, China.
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Zhang L, Hu J, Li C, Chen Y, Zheng L, Ding D, Shan S. Synergistic mechanism of iron manganese supported biochar for arsenic remediation and enzyme activity in contaminated soil. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 347:119127. [PMID: 37797510 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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This study prepared and characterized bamboo-derived biochar loaded with different ratios of iron and manganese; evaluated its remediation performance in arsenic-contaminated soil by studying the changes in various environmental factors, arsenic speciation, and arsenic leaching amount in the soil after adding different materials; proposed the optimal ratio and mechanism of iron-manganese removal of arsenic; and explained the multivariate relationship between enzyme activity and soil environmental factors based on biological information. Treatment with Fe-Mn-modified biochar increased the organic matter, cation exchange capacity, and N, P, K, and other nutrient contents. During the remediation process, O-containing functional groups such as Mn-O/As and Fe-O/As were formed on the surface of the biochar, promoting the transformation of As from the mobile fraction to the residual fraction and reducing the phytotoxicity of As, and the remediation ability for As was superior to that of Fe-modified biochar. Mn is indispensable in the FeMn-BC synergistic remediation of As, as it can increase the adsorption sites and the number of functional groups for trace metals on the surface of biochar. In addition to electrostatic attraction, the synergistic mechanism of ferromanganese-modified biochar for arsenic mainly involves redox and complexation. Mn oxidizes As(Ⅲ) to more inert As(V). In this reaction process, Mn(Ⅳ) is reduced to Mn(Ⅲ) and Mn(II), promoting the formation of Fe(Ⅲ) and the conversion of As into Fe-As complexes, while As is fixed due to the formation of ternary surface complexes. Moreover, the effect of adding Fe-Mn-modified biochar on soil enzyme activity was correlated with changes in soil environmental factors; catalase was correlated with soil pH; neutral phosphatase was correlated with soil organic matter; urease was correlated with ammonia nitrogen, and sucrase activity was not significant. This study highlights the potential value of FM1:3-BC as a remediation agent in arsenic-contaminated neutral soils.
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- Liqun Zhang
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China; Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory for Mine Ecological Remediation, Hefei 230601, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China; Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory for Mine Ecological Remediation, Hefei 230601, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China; Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory for Mine Ecological Remediation, Hefei 230601, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China; Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory for Mine Ecological Remediation, Hefei 230601, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China; Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory for Mine Ecological Remediation, Hefei 230601, China.
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- Anhui General Industrial Solid Waste Disposal and Resource Utilization Engineering Research Center, Tongling 244000, China
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- Anhui General Industrial Solid Waste Disposal and Resource Utilization Engineering Research Center, Tongling 244000, China
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Qiu J, Fernandes de Souza M, Edayilam N, Yang Y, Ok YS, Ronsse F, Morabito D, Meers E. Metal behavior and soil quality changes induced by the application of tailor-made combined biochar: An investigation at pore water scale. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 898:165552. [PMID: 37454836 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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The remediation performance of biochar varies based on the biomass used for its production. Further innovation involves developing tailor-made biochar by combining different raw materials to compensate for the limitations of pure biochar. Therefore, tailor-made combined biochar produced from the co-pyrolysis of pig manure and invasive Japanese knotweed (P1J1), as well as biochars produced from these feedstocks separately, i.e., pure pig manure (PM) and pure Japanese knotweed (JK), were applied to Pb and As contaminated soil to evaluate the biochar-induced changes on soil properties, microbial activity, DOM, and metal and metalloids solubility at the soil pore water scale. Biochar application reduced soluble Pb, whereas enhanced the As mobility; the increased soil pH after biochar addition played a fundamental role in reducing the Pb solubility, as revealed by their significant negative correlation (r = -0.990, p < 0.01). In contrast, the release of dissolved P strongly influenced As mobilization (r = 0.949, p < 0.01), especially in P-rich PM and P1J1 treatments, while JK showed a marginal effect in mobilizing As. Soils treated with PM, P1J1, and JK mainly increased Gram-negative bacteria by 56 %, 52 %, and 50 %, respectively, compared to the control. Fluorescence excitation-emission matrix spectroscopy combined with parallel factor analysis identified three components in pore water DOM, C1 (long wavelength humic-like), C2 (short wavelength humic-like), and C3 (protein-like), which were dominant respectively in the P1J1, JK, and PM-added soil. A principal component analysis (PCA) confirmed that the PM and P1J1 had similar performance and were more associated with releasing P and Mg and specific DOM components (C1 and C3). Meanwhile, P1J1 supplemented soil OM/OC and K, similar to JK. The results of this study suggest that combined biochar P1J1 can comprehensively enhance soil quality, embodying the advantages of pure PM and JK biochar while overcoming their shortcomings.
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- Jing Qiu
- Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- LIWET, Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Campus Kortrijk, Graaf Karel De Goedelaan 5, B-8500 Kortrijk, Belgium
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- Korea Biochar Research Center, APRU Sustainable Waste Management Program & Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass Research Group, Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- INRA USC1328, LBLGC EA 1207, University of Orleans, Rue de Chartres, BP 6759, 45067 Orléans Cedex 2, France
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- Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Irshad MK, Zhu S, Javed W, Lee JC, Mahmood A, Lee SS, Jianying S, Albasher G, Ali A. Risk assessment of toxic and hazardous metals in paddy agroecosystem by biochar-for bio-membrane applications. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 340:139719. [PMID: 37549746 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Toxic and carcinogenic metal (loid)s, such arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd), found in contaminated paddy soils pose a serious danger to environmental sustainability. Their geochemical activities are complex, making it difficult to manage their contamination. Rice grown in Cd and As-polluted soils ends up in people's bellies, where it can cause cancer, anemia, and the deadly itai sickness. Solving this issue calls for research into eco-friendly and cost-effective remediation technology to lower rice's As and Cd levels. This research delves deeply into the origins of As and Cd in paddy soils, as well as their mobility, bioavailability, and uptake mechanisms by rice plants. It also examines the current methods and reactors used to lower As and Cd contamination in rice. Iron-modified biochar (Fe-BC) is a promising technology for reducing As and Cd toxicity in rice, improving soil health, and boosting rice's nutritional value. Biochar's physiochemical characteristics are enhanced by the addition of iron, making it a potent adsorbent for As and Cd ions. In conclusion, Fe-BC's biomembrane properties make them an attractive option for remediating As- and Cd-contaminated paddy soils. More efficient mitigation measures, including the use of biomembrane technology, can be developed when sustainable agriculture practices are combined with these technologies.
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- Muhammad Kashif Irshad
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan; Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, 26493, Republic of Korea
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- The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China; Agricultural Management Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
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- Punjab Bioenergy Institute, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, 26493, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, 26493, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Soil and Water Sciences China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of plant breeding and genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Sun Y, Xu G, Wang Y, Song P, Zhang Y, Xia L. Surface plasmon-assisted catalytic reduction of p-nitrothiophenol for the detection of Fe 2+ by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Anal Biochem 2023; 680:115314. [PMID: 37678582 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2023.115314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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Herein, we developed a concise, time-efficient, and high selective assay for detecting Fe2+ through its triggered surface plasmon-assisted reduction reaction of p-nitrothiophenol (PNTP) to p,p'-dimercaptoazobenzene (DMAB) on the surface of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy. When Fe2+ was added to the PNTP-AuNPs system, the appearance of three characteristic peaks at 1142, 1392, and 1440 cm-1 attributed to DMAB demonstrated that Fe2+ induced the catalytic coupling reaction of PNTP. The Raman intensity ratio of the peak at 1142 cm-1 to the peak at 1336 cm-1 and the concentration of Fe2+ presented a good linear response from 10 to 100 μM with a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.35 μM. More importantly, the entire detection process can be completed within 2 min and further successfully used for the detection of Fe2+ in river water.
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- Ye Sun
- College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, People's Republic of China
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- College of Physics, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, People's Republic of China; Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Shantou, 515031, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang, 110036, People's Republic of China.
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Islam MS, Zhu J, Xiao L, Khan ZH, Saqib HSA, Gao M, Song Z. Enhancing rice quality and productivity: Multifunctional biochar for arsenic, cadmium, and bacterial control in paddy soil. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 342:140157. [PMID: 37716553 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
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The perilousness of arsenic and cadmium (As-Cd) toxicity in water and soil presents a substantial hazard to the ecosystem and human well-being. Additionally, this metal (loids) (MLs) can have a deleterious effect on rice quality and yield, owing to the existence of toxic stress. In response to the pressing concern of reducing the MLs accumulation in rice grain, this study has prepared magnesium-manganese-modified corn-stover biochar (MMCB), magnesium-manganese-modified eggshell char (MMEB), and a combination of both (MMCEB). To test the effectiveness of these amendments, several pot trials were conducted, utilizing 1% and 2% application rates. The research discovered that the MMEB followed by MMCEB treatment at a 2% rate yielded the most significant paddy and rice quality, compared to the untreated control (CON) and MMCB. MMEB and MMCEB also extensively decreased the MLs content in the grain than CON, thereby demonstrating the potential to enrich food security and human healthiness. In addition, MMEB and MMCEB augmented the microbial community configuration in the paddy soil, including As-Cd detoxifying bacteria, and decreased bioavailable form of the MLs in the soil compared to the CON. The amendments also augmented Fe/Mn-plaque which captured a considerable quantity of As-Cd in comparison to the CON. In conclusion, the utilization of multifunctional biochar, such as MMEB and MMCEB, is an encouraging approach to diminish MLs aggregation in rice grain and increase rice yield for the reparation of paddy soils via transforming microbiota especially enhancing As-Cd detoxifying taxa, thereby improving agroecology, food security, and human and animal health.
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- Md Shafiqul Islam
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, STU-UMT Joint Shellfish Research Laboratory, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China.
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Li S, Wang N, Chen S, Sun Y, Li P, Tan J, Jiang X. Enhanced soil P immobilization and microbial biomass P by application of biochar modified with eggshell. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 345:118568. [PMID: 37421718 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/10/2023]
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Phosphate fertilizers have been excessively applied in agricultural production, bringing the risk of phosphorus (P) loss to nearby river systems and low utilization efficiency. In this study, eggshell-modified biochars prepared by pyrolysis of eggshell and corn straw or pomelo peel were applied to soil for enhancing P immobilization and utilization. The structure and properties of modified biochars before and after P adsorption were analyzed using the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) nitrogen adsorption method, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The eggshell-modified biochar performed an excellent adsorption performance for P (up to 200 mg/g), which was well described by the Langmuir model (R2 > 0.969), showing monolayer chemical adsorption with homogenous surface. The Ca(OH)2 appeared on the surface of eggshell modified biochars and changed to Ca5(PO4)3(OH) and CaHPO4(H2O)2 after P adsorption. The release of immobilized P by modified biochar increased with decreased pH. In addition, pot experiments of soybean indicated that the combined application of modified biochar and P fertilizer significantly increased the content of microbial biomass P in soil, raising from 4.18 mg/kg (control group) to 51.6-61.8 mg/kg (treatment group), and plants height increased by 13.8-26.7%. Column leaching experiments showed that P concentration in the leachate decreased by 97.9% with the modified biochar application. This research provides a new perspective that the eggshell-modified biochar could serve as a potential soil amendment for enhancing P immobilization and utilization.
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- Shuangchi Li
- School of Agriculture, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510275, PR China
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- School of Agriculture, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510275, PR China
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- School of Agriculture, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510275, PR China
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- School of Agriculture, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510275, PR China
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- South Subtropical Crop Research Institute, China Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, 524091, PR China.
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- School of Agriculture, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510275, PR China
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- School of Agriculture, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510275, PR China.
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Han R, Wang Z, Wang S, Sun G, Xiao Z, Hao Y, Nriagu J, Teng HH, Li G. A combined strategy to mitigate the accumulation of arsenic and cadmium in rice (Oryza sativa L.). THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 896:165226. [PMID: 37392888 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023]
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Arsenic and cadmium in rice grain are of growing concern in the global food supply chain. Paradoxically, the two elements have contrasting behaviors in soils, making it difficult to develop a strategy that can concurrently reduce their uptake and accumulation by rice plant. This study examined the combined impacts of watering (irrigation) schemes, different fertilizers and microbial populations on the bioaccumulation of arsenic and cadmium by rice as well as on rice grain yield. Compared to drain-flood and flood-drain treatments, continuously flooded condition significantly reduced the accumulation of cadmium in rice plant but the level of arsenic in rice grain remained above 0.2 mg/kg, which exceeded the China national food safety standard. Application of different fertilizers under continuously flooded condition showed that compared to inorganic fertilizer and biochar, manure addition effectively reduced the accumulation of arsenic over three to four times in rice grain and both elements were below the food safety standard (0.2 mg/kg) while significantly increasing the rice yield. Soil Eh was the critical factor in the bioavailability of cadmium, while the behavior of arsenic in rhizosphere was associated with the iron cycle. The results of the multi-parametric experiments can be used as a roadmap for low-cost and in-situ approach for producing safe rice without compromising the yield.
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- Ruixia Han
- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Ningbo Urban Environment Observation and Research Station, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, CAS Haixi Industrial Technology Innovation Center in Beilun, Ningbo 315830, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Ningbo Urban Environment Observation and Research Station, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, CAS Haixi Industrial Technology Innovation Center in Beilun, Ningbo 315830, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Ningbo Urban Environment Observation and Research Station, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, CAS Haixi Industrial Technology Innovation Center in Beilun, Ningbo 315830, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Ningbo Urban Environment Observation and Research Station, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, CAS Haixi Industrial Technology Innovation Center in Beilun, Ningbo 315830, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Ningbo Urban Environment Observation and Research Station, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, CAS Haixi Industrial Technology Innovation Center in Beilun, Ningbo 315830, China
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 109 Observatory Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Ningbo Urban Environment Observation and Research Station, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, CAS Haixi Industrial Technology Innovation Center in Beilun, Ningbo 315830, China.
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Ke W, Liu Z, Zhu F, Xie Y, Hartley W, Li X, Wu H, Xue S. Remediation potential of magnetic biochar in lead smelting sites: Insight from the complexation of dissolved organic matter with potentially toxic elements. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 344:118556. [PMID: 37453302 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Magnetic biochar has been widely used in potentially toxic elements (PTEs) polluted soils due to its magnetic separation capability and synchronous immobilization for multiple metals. However, the contribution of magnetic biochar to soil dissolve organic material (SDOM) and its binding behavior with PTEs needs to be further clarified prior to its remediation application on lead smelting sites. In this study, multi-spectral techniques of excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy and two-dimensional FTIR correlation spectroscopy (2D-FTIR-COS) were used to explore the evolution characteristics of SDOM in the lead smelting site under the remediation of magnetic biochar, and to further analyze its affinity and binding behavior with Pb and As. Results showed that magnetic biochar significantly increased SDOM content and decreased Pb and As available content. EEM and parallel factor analysis (EEM-PARAFAC) and Self-Organizing map analysis showed that humus-like and aromatic DOM increased and microbial-derived SDOM decreased after magnetic biochar cultivation. Furthermore, 2D-FTIR-COS correlation spectroscopy analysis indicated that BDOM had a stronger binding affinity to Pb, while SDOM has a stronger binding affinity to As. The binding sequences of different DOMs to PTEs varied greatly, the carboxyl and amide groups of SDOM and BDOM showed a remarkable and rapid response. Our results enhance the insights of magnetic biochar on soil function and PTEs remediation potential, providing novel information for its environmental remediation application.
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- Wenshun Ke
- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China; BGI Engineering Consultants Ltd., Beijing 100038, PR China.
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China; Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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- New World Environment Protection Group of Hunan, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China; Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China; Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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Algethami JS, Irshad MK, Javed W, Alhamami MAM, Ibrahim M. Iron-modified biochar improves plant physiology, soil nutritional status and mitigates Pb and Cd-hazard in wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1221434. [PMID: 37662164 PMCID: PMC10470012 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1221434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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Environmental quality and food safety is threatened by contamination of lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) heavy metals in agricultural soils. Therefore, it is necessary to develop effective techniques for remediation of such soils. In this study, we prepared iron-modified biochar (Fe-BC) which combines the unique characteristics of pristine biochar (BC) and iron. The current study investigated the effect of pristine and iron modified biochar (Fe-BC) on the nutritional values of soil and on the reduction of Pb and Cd toxicity in wheat plants (Triticum aestivum L.). The findings of present study exhibited that 2% Fe-BC treatments significantly increased the dry weights of roots, shoots, husk and grains by 148.2, 53.2, 64.2 and 148%, respectively compared to control plants. The 2% Fe-BC treatment also enhanced photosynthesis rate, transpiration rate, stomatal conductance, intercellular CO2, chlorophyll a and b contents, by 43.2, 88.4, 24.9, 32.5, 21.4, and 26.7%, respectively. Moreover, 2% Fe-BC treatment suppressed the oxidative stress in wheat plants by increasing superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) by 62.4 and 69.2%, respectively. The results showed that 2% Fe-BC treatment significantly lowered Cd levels in wheat roots, shoots, husk, and grains by 23.7, 44.5, 33.2, and 76.3%. Whereas, Pb concentrations in wheat roots, shoots, husk, and grains decreased by 46.4, 49.4, 53.6, and 68.3%, respectively. Post-harvest soil analysis showed that soil treatment with 2% Fe-BC increased soil urease, CAT and acid phosphatase enzyme activities by 48.4, 74.4 and 117.3%, respectively. Similarly, 2% Fe-BC treatment significantly improved nutrients availability in the soil as the available N, P, K, and Fe contents increased by 22, 25, 7.3, and 13.3%, respectively. Fe-BC is a viable solution for the remediation of hazardous Cd and Pb contaminated soils, and improvement of soil fertility status.
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- Jari S. Algethami
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Arts, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia
- Promising Centre for Sensors and Electronic Devices (PCSED), Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Punjab Bioenergy Institute (PBI), University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Arts, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Liang J, Chang J, Xie J, Yang L, Sheteiwy MS, Moustafa ARA, Zaghloul MS, Ren H. Microorganisms and Biochar Improve the Remediation Efficiency of Paspalum vaginatum and Pennisetum alopecuroides on Cadmium-Contaminated Soil. TOXICS 2023; 11:582. [PMID: 37505548 PMCID: PMC10383370 DOI: 10.3390/toxics11070582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Phytoremediation can help remediate potential toxic elements (PTE) in soil. Microorganisms and soil amendments are effective means to improve the efficiency of phytoremediation. This study selected three microorganisms that may promote phytoremediation, including bacteria (Ceratobasidium), fungi (Pseudomonas mendocina), and arbuscular-mycorrhizal fungi (AMF, Funneliformis caledonium). The effects of single or mixed inoculation of three microorganisms on the phytoremediation efficiency of Paspalum vaginatum and Pennisetum alopecuroides were tested under three different degrees of cadmium-contaminated soil (low 10 mg/kg, medium 50 mg/kg, and high 100 mg/kg). The results showed that single inoculation of AMF or Pseudomonas mendocina could significantly increase the biomass of two plants under three different degrees of cadmium-contaminated soil, and the growth-promoting effect of AMF was better than Pseudomonas mendocina. However, simultaneous inoculation of these two microorganisms did not show a better effect than the inoculation of one. Inoculation of Ceratobasidium reduced the biomass of the two plants under high concentrations of cadmium-contaminated soil. Among all treatments, the remediation ability of the two plants was the strongest when inoculated with AMF alone. On this basis, this study explored the effect of AMF combined with corn-straw-biochar on the phytoremediation efficiency of Paspalum vaginatum and Pennisetum alopecuroides. The results showed that biochar could affect plant biomass and Cd concentration in plants by reducing Cd concentration in soil. The combined use of biochar and AMF increased the biomass of Paspalum vaginatum by 8.9-48.6% and the biomass of Pennisetum alopecuroides by 8.04-32.92%. Compared with the single use of AMF or biochar, the combination of the two is better, which greatly improves the efficiency of phytoremediation.
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- Jiahao Liang
- College of Agro-Grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Agro-Grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Agro-Grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Agro-Grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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- College of Agro-Grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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Chen S, Xu J, Peng L, Cheng Z, Kuang X, Li D, Peng C, Song H. Cadmium accumulation in rice grains is mitigated by duckweed-like hydrophyte through adsorption and increased ammonia nitrogen. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 890:164510. [PMID: 37257595 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Although increasing attention has been paid to agronomic measures for reducing the heavy metal load in rice grain, the effects of duckweed-paddy co-cropping technology on the accumulation of cadmium (Cd) in rice grains remain unclear. To investigate its specific effects on Cd accumulation in paddy fields, three types of duckweed-like hydrophyte (DH), Azolla imbricata, Spirodela polyrrhiza, and Lemna minor were chosen for study. Their use resulted in a reduction of Cd content in rice grains from 0.40 mg/kg to <0.20 mg/kg, with A. imbricata yielding the best results (0.15 mg/kg). The three types of DH reduced the available Cd content in the soil by 10 % to 35 % after the paddy tillering stage. The reduction of available Cd content was attributed to the absorption, high pH, and increase of relative abundance of special bacteria of immobilizing Cd. In addition, DH could regulate soil nitrogen leading to ammonium nitrogen increased from 75 mg/kg to 100 mg/kg, while nitrate nitrogen decreased from 0.55 to 0.1-0.3 mg/kg. The increase of ammonium nitrogen content might induce the low Cd transfer ability in rice plant and then low Cd content in rice grain. This study demonstrated that DH has a good effect on the reduction of the Cd concentration in rice grains. Consequently, duckweed-paddy co-cropping technology offers a potential solution to heavy metal pollution and agricultural non-point source pollution, as it not only reduces Cd levels in rice plants, but also fixes nitrogen, reducing the need for nitrogen application.
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- Shaoning Chen
- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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- Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Heshan District, Yiyang City, Hunan Province Yiyang 413002, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China.
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- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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Alatawi A, Mfarrej MFB, Alshegaihi RM, Asghar MA, Mumtaz S, Yasin G, Marc RA, Fahad S, Elsharkawy MM, Javed S, Ali S. Application of silicon and sodium hydrosulfide alleviates arsenic toxicity by regulating the physio-biochemical and molecular mechanisms of Zea mays. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-27739-y. [PMID: 37243763 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27739-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Soil contamination with toxic heavy metals (such as arsenic (As)) is becoming a serious global problem due to rapid development of social economy, although the use of silicon (Si) and sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS) has been found effective in enhancing plant tolerance against biotic and abiotic stresses including the As toxicity. For this purpose, a pot experiment was conducted using the different levels of As toxicity in the soil, i.e., (0 mM (no As), 50, and 100 µM) which were also supplied with the different exogenous levels of Si, i.e., (0 (no Si), 1.5, and 3 mM) and also with the NaHS, i.e., (0 (no NaHS), 1, and 2 mM) on growth, photosynthetic pigments, gas exchange characteristics, oxidative stress biomarkers, antioxidant machinery (enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants), and their gene expression, ion uptake, organic acid exudation, and As uptake of maize (Zea mays L.). Results from the present study showed that the increasing levels of As in the soil significantly (P < 0.05) decreased plant growth and biomass, photosynthetic pigments, gas exchange attributes, sugars, and nutritional contents from the roots and shoots of the plants. In contrast, increasing levels of As in the soil significantly (P < 0.05) increased oxidative stress indicators in terms of malondialdehyde, hydrogen peroxide, and electrolyte leakage and also increased organic acid exudation patter in the roots of Z. mays, although the activities of enzymatic antioxidants and the response of their gene expressions in the roots and shoots of the plants and non-enzymatic such as phenolic, flavonoid, ascorbic acid, and anthocyanin contents were initially increased with the exposure of 50 µM As, but decreased by the increasing the As concentration 100 µM in the soil. The negative impact of As toxicity can overcome the application of Si and NaHS, which ultimately increased plant growth and biomass by capturing the reactive oxygen species and decreased oxidative stress in Z. mays by decreasing the As contents in the roots and shoots of the plants. Our results also showed that the Si was more sever and showed better results when we compared with NaHS under the same treatment of As in the soil. Research findings, therefore, suggest that the combined application of Si and NaHS can ameliorate As toxicity in Z. mays, resulting in improved plant growth and composition under metal stress, as depicted by balanced exudation of organic acids.
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- Aishah Alatawi
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, 71421, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University, 144534, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, 21493, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Resources, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, ELKH, Brunszvik U. 2, H-2462, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Department of Botany, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore, 54770, Pakistan
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- Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops, Khudwani, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, 192101, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Department of Food Engineering, University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Agronomy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mardan, 23200, Pakistan.
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- Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt
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- Department of Biochemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
- Department of Biological Sciences and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan
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Chen H, Gao Y, Dong H, Sarkar B, Song H, Li J, Bolan N, Quin BF, Yang X, Li F, Wu F, Meng J, Wang H, Chen W. Chitin and crawfish shell biochar composite decreased heavy metal bioavailability and shifted rhizosphere bacterial community in an arsenic/lead co-contaminated soil. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2023; 176:107989. [PMID: 37245444 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Sustainable management of ever-increasing organic biowaste and arable soil contamination by potentially toxic elements are of concern from both environmental and agricultural perspectives. To tackle the waste issue of crawfish shells and simultaneously minimize the threat of arsenic (As) and lead (Pb) to human health, a pot trial was conducted using chitin (CT), crawfish shell biochar (CSB), crawfish shell powder (CSP), and CT-CSB composite to compare their remediation efficiencies in As/Pb co-contaminated soil. Results demonstrated that addition of all amendments decreased Pb bioavailability, with the greatest effect observed for the CT-CSB treatment. Application of CSP and CSB increased the soil available As concentration, while significant decreases were observed in the CT and CT-CSB treatments. Meanwhile, CT addition was the most effective in enhancing the soil enzyme activities including acid phosphatase, α-glucosidase, N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase, and cellobiohydrolase, whereas CSB-containing treatments suppressed the activities of most enzymes. The amendments altered the bacterial abundance and composition in soil. For instance, compared to the control, all treatments increased Chitinophagaceae abundance by 2.6-4.7%. The relative abundance of Comamonadaceae decreased by 1.6% in the CSB treatment, while 2.1% increase of Comamonadaceae was noted in the CT-CSB treatment. Redundancy and correlation analyses (at the family level) indicated that the changes in bacterial community structure were linked to bulk density, water content, and As/Pb availability of soils. Partial least squares path modeling further indicated that soil chemical property (i.e., pH, dissolved organic carbon, and cation exchange capacity) was the strongest predictor of As/Pb availability in soils following amendment application. Overall, CT-CSB could be a potentially effective amendment for simultaneously immobilizing As and Pb and restoring soil ecological functions in contaminated arable soils.
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- Hanbo Chen
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China; Agronomy College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China; Institute of Eco-environmental Research, School of Environmental and Natural Resources, Zhejiang University of Science & Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China; Agronomy College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea
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- Rubber Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China
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- School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6001, Australia; The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6001, Australia
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- Quin Environmentals (NZ) Ltd., PO Box 125122, St. Heliers, Auckland 1740, New Zealand
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Agronomy College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China.
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- Agronomy College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China.
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Sun J, Wang P, Guo Y, Hu B, Wang X. Effect of biochar derived from co-pyrolysis of sewage sludge and rice straw on cadmium immobilization in paddy soil. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-26826-4. [PMID: 37208509 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26826-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The remediation of cadmium (Cd) contaminated cropland has been related to food safety and public health. While biochar derived from sewage sludge (SS) has been widely used for soil remediation due to its high efficiency of Cd immobilization, it has a low specific surface area and the ecological risk of heavy metals. Co-pyrolysis of straws and SS could resolve these issues. To date, little is known about the effect of biochar from SS/rice straw (RS) on Cd immobilization in soils. Here, we explored the soil remediation efficiency and mechanism of biochar derived from different mixing ratios (1:0, 3:1, 2:1, 1:1, 1:2, 1:3 and 0:1) of RS and SS named as RBC, R3S1, R2S1, R1S1, R1S2, R1S3 and SBC. It was shown that R1S2 amendment had the most efficiency of Cd immobilization among all amendments, which decreased the bioavailable Cd by 85.61% and 66.89% compared with RBC and SBC amendments. Results of biochar after soil remediation revealed that cation-π interaction, complexation, ion exchange and precipitation were the key mechanisms of Cd immobilization by biochar. All biochar amendments indirectly promoted Cd immobilization through increasing soil pH values, cation exchange capacity (CEC), soil organic carbon (SOC) and available phosphorous (AP). Compared with RBC, R1S2 reduced bioavailable Cd mainly through the increased soil pH, CEC and AP. However, the enhanced efficiency of Cd immobilization in R1S2 amendment than that in SBC amendment because of the more developed pore structure, functional groups and larger specific surface area of R1S2. Overall, our study showed a new type of biochar for the effective remediation of Cd-contaminated soil.
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- Juan Sun
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development On Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Road Xikang, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, 210098
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development On Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Road Xikang, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, 210098.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development On Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Road Xikang, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, 210098
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development On Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Road Xikang, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, 210098
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development On Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Road Xikang, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, 210098
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Martín-Franco C, Sánchez JT, Alvarenga P, Peña D, Fernández-Rodríguez D, Vicente LA, Albarrán Á, López-Piñeiro A. Effects of fresh and field-aged holm-oak biochar on As, Cd and Pb bioaccumulation in different rice growing environments. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 887:164012. [PMID: 37169192 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Arsenic, Cd, and Pb environmental fate is influenced when the traditional permanent flooding rice production systems are replaced by water-saving and soil conservation practices, urging for additional strategies that avoid their bioaccumulation in rice grain. The aim of this two-years field study was to evaluate the effects of fresh and field-aged biochar on As, Cd, and Pb bioaccumulation, and on As speciation, in rice grain produced in different growing environments (flooding versus sprinkler and conventional tillage versus direct seeding). Biochar produced from holm-oak pruning residues (pyrolysis at 550 °C, 48 h), in a single application (28 Mg ha-1), reduced As bioaccumulation in rice grain in the permanent flooding system to non-quantifiable concentrations (e.g., from 0.178 mg kg-1 to <0.04 mg kg-1, for inorganic-As, respectively), an effect which remained under field-aging conditions, increasing rice commercial value. When adopting sprinkler irrigation, the undesirable increase in Cd bioaccumulation in rice, relatively to the anaerobic system, was counteracted by biochar application, reducing its bioaccumulation in kernels between 32 and 80 %, allowing a simultaneous control of metals and metalloids bioaccumulation in rice. The bioaccumulation of Pb was also prevented with biochar application, with a reduction in its concentration four- to 13-times, in all the management systems, relatively to the non-amended plots, under fresh biochar effects. However, Pb immobilization decreased with biochar field-aging, indicating that the biochar application may have to be repeated to maintain the same beneficial effect. Therefore, the present study shows that the implementation of sprinkler irrigation with holm-oak biochar could reduce the risk of heavy metals(loids) bioaccumulation in rice grains and, thereby, ensuring food safety aspects, particularly under fresh biochar effects.
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- Carmen Martín-Franco
- Área de Edafología y Química Agrícola, Facultad de Ciencias - IACYS, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
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- Área de Producción Vegetal, Escuela de Ingenierías Agrarias - IACYS, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
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- LEAF - Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Research Center, Associated Laboratory TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Área de Edafología y Química Agrícola, Escuela de Ingenierías Agrarias- IACYS, Universidad de Extremadura, Ctra de Cáceres, 06071 Badajoz, Spain
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- Área de Producción Vegetal, Escuela de Ingenierías Agrarias - IACYS, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
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- Área de Edafología y Química Agrícola, Facultad de Ciencias - IACYS, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
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- Área de Producción Vegetal, Escuela de Ingenierías Agrarias - IACYS, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
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- Área de Edafología y Química Agrícola, Facultad de Ciencias - IACYS, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
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Gu J, Guo F, Lin L, Zhang J, Sun W, Muhammad R, Liang H, Duan D, Deng X, Lin Z, Wang Y, Zhong Y, Xu Z. Microbiological mechanism for "production while remediating" in Cd-contaminated paddy fields: A field experiment. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 885:163896. [PMID: 37146825 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Security utilization measures (SUMs) for "production while remediating" in moderate and mild Cd-polluted paddy fields had been widely used. To investigate how SUMs drove rhizosphere soil microbial communities and reduced soil Cd bioavailability, a field experiment was conducted using soil biochemical analysis and 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing. Results showed that SUMs improved rice yield by increasing the number of effective panicles and filled grains, while also inhibiting soil acidification and enhancing disease resistance by improving soil enzyme activities. SUMs also reduced the accumulation of harmful Cd in rice grains and transformed it into FeMn oxidized Cd, organic-bound Cd, and residual Cd in rhizosphere soil. This was partly due to the higher degree of soil DOM aromatization, which helped complex the Cd with DOM. Additionally, the study also found that microbial activity was the primary source of soil DOM, and that SUMs increased the diversity of soil microbes and recruited many beneficial microbes (Arthrobacter, Candidatus_Solibacter, Bryobacter, Bradyrhizobium, and Flavisolibacter) associated with organic matter decomposition, plant growth promotion, and pathogen inhibition. Besides, special taxa (Bradyyrhizobium and Thermodesulfovibrio) involved in sulfate/sulfur ion generation and nitrate/nitrite reduction pathway were observably enriched, which effectively reduced the soil Cd bioavailability through adsorption and co-precipitation. Therefore, SUMs not only changed the soil physicochemical properties (e.g., pH), but also drove rhizosphere microbes to participate in the chemical species transformation of soil Cd, thus reducing Cd accumulation in rice grains.
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- Jiguang Gu
- Department of Ecology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Ecology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China
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- GRG Metrology& Test Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510656, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Lingnan Specialty Food Science and Technology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- College of Resources and Environment, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China; College of Resources and Environment, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China.
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Kaya C, Ashraf M, Alyemeni MN, Rinklebe J, Ahmad P. Alleviation of arsenic toxicity in pepper plants by aminolevulinic acid and heme through modulating its sequestration and distribution within cell organelles. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 330:121747. [PMID: 37146870 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is essential for chlorophyll and heme synthesis. However, whether heme interacts with ALA to elicit antioxidants in arsenic (As)-exposed plants is still unknown. ALA was applied daily to pepper plants for 3 days prior to beginning As stress (As-S). Then, As-S was initiated for 14 days by employing sodium hydrogen arsenate heptahydrate (0.1 mM AsV). Arsenic treatment decreased photosynthetic pigments (chl a by 38% and chl b by 28%), biomass by 24%, and heme by 47% content, but it elevated contents of malondialdehyde (MDA) by 3.3-fold, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) by 2.3-fold, glutathione (GSH), methylglyoxal (MG), and phytochelatins (PCs) and electrolyte leakage (EL) by 2.3-fold along with enhanced subcellular As concentration in the pepper plant's roots and leaves. The supplementation of ALA to the As-S-pepper seedlings enhanced the amount of chlorophyll, heme content, and antioxidant enzyme activity as well as plant growth, while it reduced the levels of H2O2, MDA, and EL. ALA boosted GSH and phytochelates (PCs) in the As-S-seedlings by controlling As sequestration and rendering it harmless. The addition of ALA enhanced the amount of As that accumulated in the root vacuoles and reduced the poisonousness of the soluble As in the vacuoles. The ALA treatment facilitated the deposition and fixation of As in the vacuoles and cell walls, thereby reducing the transport of As to other cell organelles. This mechanism may have contributed to the observed decrease in As accumulation in the leaves. The administration of 0.5 mM hemin (H) (a source of heme) significantly enhanced ALA-induced arsenic stress tolerance. Hemopexin (Hx, 0.4 μg L-1), a heme scavenger, was treated with the As-S plants along with ALA and ALA + H to observe if heme was a factor in ALA's increased As-S tolerance. Heme synthesis/accumulation in the pepper plants was reduced by Hx, which counteracted the positive effects of ALA. Supplementation of H along with ALA + Hx reversed the negative effects of Hx, demonstrating that heme is required for ALA-induced seedling As-S tolerance.
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- Cengiz Kaya
- Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Department, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Pakistan; International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences, The University of Karachi, Pakistan
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water and Waste Management, Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285, Wuppertal, Germany.
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- Department of Botany. GDC, Pulwama, 192301, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Li B, Liu Y, Tao Z, Zhao Z, Fan T, Li Z. Sorption and mobility of cadmium in soil impacted by irrigation waters. Heliyon 2023; 9:e16304. [PMID: 37251851 PMCID: PMC10213374 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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Soil contamination by Cd has drawn global attention, while how irrigation waters modulate Cd sorption and mobility in soil remains obscure. We address this by investigating how cropped sandy soil irrigated with different waters altered Cd sorption and mobility using a rhizobox experiment followed by a batch experiment. Maize were planted in the rhizoboxes and irrigated by reclaimed water (RW), livestock wastewater (LW) and deionized water (CK), respectively. The bulk soil sampled from each treatment after 60 days of growth was employed to measure the Cd sorption and mobility using the isothermal adsorption and desorption experiments. The results showed that, in a small rhizobox experiment, the adsorption rate of Cd by the bulk soil in the adsorption phase was much faster than the desorption rate in desorption phase. Irrigation with RW and LW both reduced the Cd adsorption capacity of soil, and the reducing degree brought by LW was more obvious. Cd desorption rate was very low but keep increasing in the desorption stage, and pre-RW irrigation had the potential to increase Cd desorption from soil. Although the results were obtained based on the bulk soil sampled from a rhizobox experiment, our study strongly suggests that the altered Cd adsorption and desorption behavior in the soil caused by the RW and LW irrigation may risk the farmland ecosystem and deserve more concern.
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- Baogui Li
- Institute of Farmland Irrigation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xinxiang 453002, China
- College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Farmland Irrigation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xinxiang 453002, China
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- Institute of Farmland Irrigation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xinxiang 453002, China
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- Institute of Farmland Irrigation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xinxiang 453002, China
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- Institute of Farmland Irrigation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xinxiang 453002, China
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- Institute of Farmland Irrigation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xinxiang 453002, China
- National Research and Observation Station of Shangqiu Agro-ecology System, Shangqiu 476000, China
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Hu L, Zhang P, Xu X, Ren J, Zhao L, Qiu H, Cao X. Immobilization of arsenic in different contaminated soils by zero-valent iron-embedded biochar: Effect of soil characteristics and treatment conditions. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 868:161597. [PMID: 36646221 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Although zero-valent iron-embedded biochar (ZVI-BC) has been proposed as an effective amendment for arsenic (As)-contaminated soils, the impacts of soil characteristics and treatment conditions on the remediation process remained poorly understood. Herein, the immobilization of As in four As-contaminated soils (i.e., smelting soil, storage soil, agricultural soil, and mining soil) by ZVI-BC under different amendment dosages, cultivation temperatures, and soil moisture contents were investigated. ZVI-BC showed high As immobilization capacity in all four soils via forming the AsFe co-precipitation, and the liable As was reduced by 82.4-97.0 % with a 2 % (w/w) amendment. The higher temperature could raise the concentration of liable As in all four soils, especially for the storage soil, in which liable As at 35 °C was almost 3 times of that at 25 °C after 50-days treatment, because the elevated temperature enhanced the destruction of the generated AsFe coprecipitation as well as the desorption of As in soils. Too much soil moisture was unfavorable for the As immobilization after 50-days treatment. Flooding tended to inhibit the community diversity of As-detoxicated bacteria, e.g., Halomonas, Bryobacter, and Anaerolinea, thus resulting in the release of liable As. According to the correlation analysis, the crucial influencing factor for As immobilization was different in four soils, which was determined by the soil properties and proportion of liable As. Our study indicates that ZVI-BC is an effective amendment for As immobilization under various conditions, and the biogeochemical processes of As-associated Fe minerals determine the As immobilization during amendment.
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- Liyang Hu
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center for Solid Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Shanghai 200240, China
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Gu S, Yang X, Chen H, Jeyakumar P, Chen J, Wang H. Crawfish shell- and Chinese banyan branch-derived biochars reduced phytoavailability of As and Pb and altered community composition of bacteria in a contaminated arable soil. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 865:161284. [PMID: 36587703 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Globally, soil contamination with arsenic (As) and lead (Pb) has become a severe environmental issue. Herein, a pot experiment was conducted using pak choi (Brassica chinensis L.) to investigate the effects of biochars derived from crawfish (Procambarus clarkia) shells (CSB) and Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa) branches (CBB) on the phytoavailability of As and Pb, and bacterial community composition in soils. Our results showed that the application of CSB and CBB decreased the concentrations of DTPA-extractable Pb in soils ranging from 26.8 % to 28.8 %, whereas CSB increased the concentration of NH4H2PO4-extractable As in soils, compared to the control. Application of both biochars reduced the uptake of As and Pb in the edible part of pak choi. In addition, application of CBB significantly (P < 0.05) increased the activities of α-glucosidase, β-glucosidase, cellobiohydrolase, and acid phosphomonoesterase by 55.0 %, 54.4 %, 195.1 %, and 76.7 %, respectively, compared to the control. High-throughput sequencing analysis revealed that the predominant bacteria at the phyla level in both biochar-treated soils were Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, and Actinobacteriota. Redundancy and correlation analyses showed that the changes in bacterial community composition could be related to soil organic carbon content, As availability, and nutrient availability in soils. Overall, the Chinese banyan branch biochar was more suitable than the crawfish shell biochar as a potential amendment for the remediation of soils co-contaminated with As and Pb.
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- Shaoru Gu
- Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, School of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, School of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, China.
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- Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China; Agronomy College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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- Environmental Sciences Group, School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, School of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, School of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China; Guangdong Green Technologies Co., Ltd., Foshan, 528100, China.
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Peera Sheikh Kulsum PG, Khanam R, Das S, Nayak AK, Tack FMG, Meers E, Vithanage M, Shahid M, Kumar A, Chakraborty S, Bhattacharya T, Biswas JK. A state-of-the-art review on cadmium uptake, toxicity, and tolerance in rice: From physiological response to remediation process. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 220:115098. [PMID: 36586716 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.115098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd), a major contaminant of concern, has been extensively reviewed and debated for its anthropogenic global shifts. Cadmium levels in rice grains raise wide food safety concerns. The aim of this review is therefore to capture the dynamics of Cd in paddy soil, translocation pathways of Cd from soil to consumption rice, and assess its bio-accessibility in human consumption. In crop plants, Cd reduces absorption of nutrients and water, triggers oxidative stress, and inhibits plant metabolism. Understanding the mechanisms and behaviour of Cd in paddy soil and rice allows to explain, predict and intervene in Cd transferability from soil to grains and human exposure. Factors affecting Cd movement in soil, and further to rice grain, are elucidated. Recently, physiological and molecular understanding of Cd transport in rice plants have been advanced. Morphological-biochemical characteristics and Cd transporters of plants in such a movement were also highlighted. Ecologically viable remediation approaches, including low input cost agronomic methods, phytoremediation and microbial bioremediation methods, are emerging.
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- ICAR-Crop Production Division, National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, 753006, Odisha, India
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, 741252, West Bengal, India
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- ICAR-Crop Production Division, National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, 753006, Odisha, India
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- Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ecosphere Resilience Research Centre, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
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- ICAR-Crop Production Division, National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, 753006, Odisha, India
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- ICAR-Crop Production Division, National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, 753006, Odisha, India
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- Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Jharkhand, 835215, India
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- Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Jharkhand, 835215, India
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- Department of Ecological Studies &International Centre for Ecological Engineering, Universityof Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, 741235, West Bengal, India.
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Nauman Mahamood M, Zhu S, Noman A, Mahmood A, Ashraf S, Aqeel M, Ibrahim M, Ashraf S, Liew RK, Lam SS, Irshad MK. An assessment of the efficacy of biochar and zero-valent iron nanoparticles in reducing lead toxicity in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 319:120979. [PMID: 36586554 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Soil heavy metal contamination is increasing rapidly due to increased anthropogenic activities. Lead (Pb) is a well-known human carcinogen causing toxic effects on humans and the environment. Its accumulation in food crops is a serious hazard to food security. Developing environment-friendly and cost-efficient techniques is necessary for Pb immobilization in the soil. A pot experiment was executed to determine the role of biochar (BC), zero-valent iron nanoparticles (n-ZVI), and zero-valent iron nanoparticles biochar composite (n-ZVI-BC) in controlling the Pb mobility and bioaccumulation in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The results showed that BC and n-ZVI significantly enhanced the wheat growth by increasing their photosynthetic and enzymatic activities. Among all the applied treatments, the maximum significant (p ≤ 0.05) improvement in wheat biomass was with the n-ZVI-BC application (T3). Compared to the control, the biomass of wheat roots, shoots & grains increased by 92.5, 58.8, and 49.1%, respectively. Moreover, the soil addition of T3 amendment minimized the Pb distribution in wheat roots, shoots, and grains by 33.8, 26.8, and 16.2%, respectively. The outcomes of this experiment showed that in comparison to control treatment plants, soil amendment with n-ZVI-BC (T3) increased the catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity by 49.8 and 31.1%, respectively, ultimately declining electrolyte leakage (EL), malondialdehyde (MDA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) content in wheat by 38.7, 33.3, and 38%respectively. In addition, applied amendments declined the Pb mobility in the soil by increasing the residual Pb fractions. Soil amendment with n-ZVI-BC also increased the soil catalase (CAT), urease (UR), and acid phosphatase (ACP) activities by 68, 59, and 74%, respectively. Our research results provided valuable insight for the remediation of Pb toxicity in wheat. Hence, we can infer from our findings that n-ZVI-BC can be considered a propitious, environment friendly and affordable technique for mitigating Pb toxicity in wheat crop and reclamation of Pb polluted soils.
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- The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China; Agricultural Management Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
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- Department of Botany, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystem, College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, Gansu, China
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- NV Western PLT, No. 208B, Second Floor, Macalister Road, 10400 Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
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- Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; Sustainability Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248007, India
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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Yang X, Wen E, Ge C, El-Naggar A, Yu H, Wang S, Kwon EE, Song H, Shaheen SM, Wang H, Rinklebe J. Iron-modified phosphorus- and silicon-based biochars exhibited various influences on arsenic, cadmium, and lead accumulation in rice and enzyme activities in a paddy soil. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 443:130203. [PMID: 36327835 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2022] [Revised: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Contamination of paddy soils with potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has become a severe environmental issue. Application of functionalized biochar for rice cultivation has been proposed as an effective means to reduce environmental risks of these PTEs in paddy soils. This work was undertaken to seek the positive effects of a rice husk-derived silicon (Si)-rich biochar (Si-BC) and a pig carcass-derived phosphorus (P)-rich biochar (P-BC), as well as their Fe-modified biochars (Fe-Si-BC and Fe-P-BC) on the enzyme activity and PTE availability in an As-Cd-Pb-contaminated soil. A rice cultivation pot trial was conducted using these functionalized biochars as soil amendments for the alleviation of PTE accumulation in rice plants. Results showed that Si-BC decreased the concentrations of As in rice grain and straw by 59.4 % and 61.4 %, respectively, while Fe-Si-BC significantly (P < 0.05) enhanced plant growth, increasing grain yield (by 38.6 %). Fe-Si-BC significantly (P < 0.05) elevated Cd and Pb accumulation in rice plants. P-BC enhanced the activities of dehydrogenase, catalase, and urease, and reduced grain-Pb and straw-Pb by 49.3 % and 43.2 %, respectively. However, Fe-P-BC reduced plant-As in rice grain and straw by 12.2 % and 51.2 %, respectively, but increased plant-Cd and plant-Pb. Thus, Fe-modified Si- and P-rich biochars could remediate paddy soils contaminated with As, and enhance the yield and quality of rice. Application of pristine P-rich biochar could also be a promising strategy to remediate the Pb-contaminated paddy soils and limit Pb accumulation in rice.
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- Xing Yang
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, China; University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong 528000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, China
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- Department of Soil Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11241, Egypt
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225127, China
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, the Republic of Korea
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, the Republic of Korea; Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, the Republic of Korea
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment, and Arid Land Agriculture, Department of Arid Land Agriculture, 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; University of Kafrelsheikh, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, 33516, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt
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- Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong 528000, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, China; Guangdong Green Technologies Co., Ltd., Foshan 528100, China.
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, the Republic of Korea.
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Yang X, Dai Z, Ge C, Yu H, Bolan N, Tsang DCW, Song H, Hou D, Shaheen SM, Wang H, Rinklebe J. Multiple-functionalized biochar affects rice yield and quality via regulating arsenic and lead redistribution and bacterial community structure in soils under different hydrological conditions. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 443:130308. [PMID: 36444051 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Rice grown in soils contaminated with arsenic (As) and lead (Pb) can cause lower rice yield and quality due to the toxic stress. Herein, we examined the role of functionalized biochars (raw phosphorus (P)-rich (PBC) and iron (Fe)-modified P-rich (FePBC)) coupled with different irrigation regimes (continuously flooded (CF) and intermittently flooded (IF)) in affecting rice yield and accumulation of As and Pb in rice grain. Results showed that FePBC increased the rice yield under both CF (47.4%) and IF (19.6%) conditions, compared to the controls. Grain As concentration was higher under CF (1.94-2.42 mg kg-1) than IF conditions (1.56-2.31 mg kg-1), whereas the concentration of grain Pb was higher under IF (0.10-0.76 mg kg-1) than CF (0.12-0.48 mg kg-1) conditions. Application of PBC reduced grain Pb by 60.1% under CF conditions, while FePBC reduced grain As by 12.2% under IF conditions, and increased grain Pb by 2.9 and 6.6 times under CF and IF conditions, respectively, compared to the controls. Therefore, application of the multiple-functionalized biochar can be a promising strategy for increasing rice yield and reducing the accumulation of As in rice grain, particularly under IF conditions, whereas it is inapplicable for remediation of paddy soils contaminated with Pb.
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- Xing Yang
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, China; Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong 528000, China; University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, China
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- School of Agriculture and Environment, UWA Institute of griculture, The University of Western Australia, Nedland, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea; Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea
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- Tsinghua University, School of Environment, Beijing 100084, China
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment, and Arid Land Agriculture, Department of Arid Land Agriculture, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia; University of Kafrelsheikh, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, 33516, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt
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- Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong 528000, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, China; Guangdong Green Technologies Co., Ltd., Foshan 528100, China.
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea.
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Hussain MM, Bibi I, Ali F, Saqib ZA, Shahid M, Niazi NK, Hussain K, Shaheen SM, Wang H, Shakil Q, Rinklebe J. The role of various ameliorants on geochemical arsenic distribution and CO 2-carbon efflux under paddy soil conditions. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2023; 45:507-523. [PMID: 35022880 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-021-01196-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Climate change is a global challenge that is accelerated by contamination with hazardous substances like arsenic (As), posing threat to the agriculture, ecosystem and human health. Here, we explored the impact of various ameliorants on geochemical distribution of As in two soils with contrasting textures (sandy clay loam (Khudpur Village) and clay loam (Mattital Village)) under paddy soil conditions and their influence on the CO2-carbon efflux. The exchangeable As pool in clay loam soil increased as: lignite (0.4%) < biogas slurry (6%) < cow dung (9%), and < biochar (20%). However, in the sandy clay loam soil exchangeable soil As pool was found to be maximum with farmyard manure followed by biogas slurry, biochar and cow dung (17%, 14%, 13% and 7%, respectively). Interestingly, in the sandy clay loam soil the percentage As distribution in organic fraction was: biochar (38%) > cow dung (33%) > biogas slurry (23%) > sugarcane bagasse (22%) > farmyard manure (21%) that was higher compared to the clay loam soil (< 6% for all the amendments). In addition to the highest As immobilization by biochar in sandy clay loam soil, it also led to the lowest CO2-carbon efflux (1470 CO2-C mg kg-1) among all the organic/inorganic amendments. Overall, the current study advances our understanding on the pivotal role of organic amendments, notably biochar, in immobilizing As under paddy soil conditions with low (CO2) carbon loss, albeit it is dependent on soil and ameliorant types.
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- Muhammad Mahroz Hussain
- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Brisbane - QLD, 4110, Australia
- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Mareeba, 4880, QLD, Australia
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus, Vehari, Pakistan
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan.
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Laboratory of Soil- and Groundwater-Management, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, University of Wuppertal, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285, Wuppertal, Germany
- Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, University of Kafrelsheikh, Kafr El-Sheikh, 33516, Egypt
- Faculty of Meteorology, Environment, and Arid Land Agriculture, Department of Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, Jiddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, 528000, Guangdong, China
- Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, 311300, Zhejiang, China
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- Fodder Research Sub-Station, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Laboratory of Soil- and Groundwater-Management, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, University of Wuppertal, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285, Wuppertal, Germany
- Department of Environment, Energy and Geoinformatics, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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Xu T, Xi J, Ke J, Wang Y, Chen X, Zhang Z, Lin Y. Deciphering soil amendments and actinomycetes for remediation of cadmium (Cd) contaminated farmland. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 249:114388. [PMID: 36508810 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.114388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Soil heavy metal pollution is one of the most serious environmental problems in China, especially cadmium (Cd), which has the most extensive contaminated soil coverage. Therefore, more economical and efficient remediation methods and measures are needed to control soil Cd contamination. In this study, different amendments (biochar (B), organic fertilizer (F), lime (L)) and actinomycetes (A) inoculants were applied to Cd contaminated farmland to explore their effects on wheat growth. Compared with Control, all treatments except A treatment were able to significantly increase the underground parts dry mass of wheat, with the highest increase of 57.19 %. The results showed that the B treatment significantly increased the plant height of wheat by 3.45 %. All treatments increased wheat SOD activity and chlorophyll content and reduced the MDA, which contributes to wheat stress resistance under Cd contamination. F, L and AF treatments can significantly reduce the Cd content in wheat above- and underground parts by up to 56.39 %. Soil amendments can modify the physical and chemical properties of the soil, which in turn affects the absorption of Cd by wheat. Moreover, the addition of soil amendments significantly affects the composition and structure of the rhizospheric soil bacterial community at the wheat jointing stage. The application of organic fertilizer increases the richness and diversity of the bacterial community, while lime makes it significantly decreases it. T-test and microbiome co-occurrence networks show that actinomycetes could not only effectively colonize in local soil, but also effectively enhance the complexity and stability of the rhizosphere microbial community. Considering the practical impact of different treatments on wheat, soil microorganisms, economic benefits and restoration of soil Cd contamination, the application of organic fertilizer and actinomycetes in Cd contaminated soil is a more ideal remediation strategy. This conclusion can be further verified by studying larger repair regions and longer consecutive repair cycles to gain insight into the repair mechanism.
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- Tengqi Xu
- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China.
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China.
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Farhangi-Abriz S, Ghassemi-Golezani K. The modified biochars influence nutrient and osmotic statuses and hormonal signaling of mint plants under fluoride and cadmium toxicities. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1064409. [PMID: 36578343 PMCID: PMC9791105 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1064409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Chemically modified biochars are a new generation of biochars that have a great ability to absorb and stabilize environmental pollutants. In this research, the physiological performance of mint plants (Mentha crispa L.) under fluoride and cadmium toxicities and biochar treatments was evaluated. METHODS Four levels of soil toxicities including non-toxic, 600 mg NaF kg-1 soil, 60 mg Cd kg-1 soil, and 600 mg NaF kg-1 soil + 60 mg Cd kg-1 soil were applied. The biochar addition to the soil was 25 g kg-1 (non-biochar, solid biochar, H2O2, KOH, and H3PO4-modified biochars). RESULTS The results showed that the application of biochar and especially chemically modified biochars reduced fluoride (about 15-37%) and cadmium (30-52%) contents in mint leaves, while increased soil pH and cation exchange capacity (CEC), nitrogen (12-35%), phosphorus (16-59%), potassium (17-52%), calcium (19-47%), magnesium (28-77%), iron (37-114%), zinc (45-226%), photosynthetic pigments of leaves and plant biomass (about 10-25%) under toxic conditions. DISCUSSION The biochar-related treatments reduced the osmotic stress and osmolytes content (proline, soluble proteins, and carbohydrates) in plant leaves. Plant leaf water content was increased by solid and modified biochar, up to 8% in toxic conditions. Furthermore, these treatments reduced the production of stress hormones [abscisic acid (27-55%), salicylic acid (31-50%), and jasmonic acid (6-12%)], but increased indole-3-acetic acid (14-31%) in plants under fluoride and cadmium stresses. Chemically modified biochars reduced fluoride and cadmium contents of plant leaves by about 20% and 22%, respectively, compared to solid biochar. CONCLUSION This result clearly shows the superiority of modified biochars in protecting plants from soil pollutants.
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