Abstract
Environmental pollution from arsenic may affect crop yield and its quality. Its increased content in soils may come from natural minerals from which the soil was formed; on the other hand, unfortunately, the increase may have an anthropogenic background. Arsenic may be released to the environment in a variety of ways, but usually with wastewater, sludge, or some pesticides. It may also appear in soil as a result of irrigation with water from reservoirs in which bottoms may contain elevated concentrations of arsenic. Plants' reactions to increased amounts of arsenic in soil may be varied. Reactions may include changes of the concentration of the metalloid, both in the overground mass and in roots. In the years 2001–2002, two pot experiments were conducted with the aim to assess the sensitivity of two crop species, maize (Zea mays L.) and orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata L.), to arsenic soil contamination with 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100 mg As/kg of soil. A second objective of the investigation was to determine the possibility of reducing arsenic phytoavailability in the contaminated soil by the application of compost, charcoal, clay, lime, and synthetic zeolite. The study demonstrated the plants' reaction by simulating the soil contamination with arsenic. Arsenic concentration in soil and its uptake by the test plants was determined, as well as the effect of the applied inactivating additives on the features mentioned above.
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Zolnowski, A.C., Ciecko, Z., Najmowicz, T. (2010). Arsenic Content in and Uptake by Plants from Arsenic-Contaminated Soil. In: Kulakow, P.A., Pidlisnyuk, V.V. (eds) Application of Phytotechnologies for Cleanup of Industrial, Agricultural, and Wastewater Contamination. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3592-9_9
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