Title
Lead and cadmium uptake by sunflower from contaminated soil and remediated with organic amendments in the form of compost and vermicompost
Other title
Absorción de plomo y cadmio por girasol de un suelo contaminado y remediado con enmiendas orgánicas en forma de compost y vermicompost
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
MUNIVE YACHACHI, YVETH
PUERTAS RAMOS, FERNANDO
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional de Trujillo
Abstract
In order to reduce heavy metal contamination in agricultural soils, we decided to assess the effect of organic amendments (compost and vermicompost). The work was carried out using sunflower as a fitorremediator. For this purpose, the agricultural soils of the Mantaro and Muqui localities of the Mantaro Valley were used. The results indicate that the soils of the locality of Muqui, contain the greatest amount of Pb and Cd, presenting negative effects on biomass production. The sunflower plant absorbs heavy metals as evidenced by the increased accumulation of lead and cadmium at the root of the sunflower, no significant differences were found between the accumulation of lead in stems and flowers, stems and leaves, for cadmium on the stems and leaves, confirming that the application of organic amendments contributes to solubilizing the Pb and Cd of the soil, in addition to contributing to further development of the crop. Cadmium Bioconcentration Factor (BCF) values (0.53 - 0.66) were better than lead (0.07 - 0.08), while Translocation Factor (FT) values indicated a sunflower capacity as a phytostabilizer, especially with the use of vermicompost (Pb: 1.2 - Cd: 1.4) in compost (Pb: 0.8 - Cd: 1.2).
Start page
177
End page
186
Volume
11
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Química orgánica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85087465082
Source
Scientia Agropecuaria
ISSN of the container
2077-9917
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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