Influence of Lead and Cadmium Concentration on the Accumulation Capacity of <i>Panicum maximum</i>
- 1 Laboratory of Environment and Aquatic Biology, Department of Sciences and Environment Management, Nangui Abrogoua University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- 2 Laboratory of Environment and Aquatic Biology, Department of Sciences and Environment Management, Nangui Abrogoua University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- 3 Department of Agronomic, Forestry and Environmental Engineering, University of Man, Man, Côte d’Ivoire
- 4 Department of Agronomic, Forestry and Environmental Engineering, University of Man, Man, Côte d’Ivoire
Abstract
The restoration of soils polluted by trace metals (Pb and Cd) by phytoremediation is an innovative and ecologically sustainable solution. The objective of the study was to develop a process of phytoaccumulation of trace metals (Pb and Cd) in soils with the species Panicum maximum . For this purpose, 30 buckets containing soil were used. These included six (06) buckets per dose of soil contamination by Pb and Cd (3 mg/kg and 9 mg/kg of Cd and 100 mg/kg and 300 mg/kg of Pb) and six (6) buckets containing uncontaminated soil (control). During a period of 90 days of experimentation, the concentrations of trace metals in the plant biomass and in the soils were measured. Also, the bioaccumulation (BF) and translocation (TF) factors, the mass of Pb and Cd taken up by the plant were determined. The results showed that the biomass produced was negatively influenced by increasing Pb and Cd concentration. The concentrations of Pb and Cd accumulated by P. maximum varied in the aboveground biomass from 6.48 ± 0.55 to 18.09 ± 0.71 mg/kg (Pb100); from 10.93 ± 0.38 to 23.04 ± 0.79 mg/kg (Pb300); from 0.91 ± 0.02 to 1.50 ± 0.03 mg/kg (Cd3); and from 3.05 ± 0.08 to 5.43 ± 0.09 mg/kg (Cd9) from day 30 to day 90. However, in the root biomass, trace metals (Pb and Cd) ranged from 8.09 ± 0.58 to 22.57 ± 0.86 mg/kg (Pb100); from 29.45 ± 0.49 to 62.35 ± 0.82 mg/kg (Pb300); from 0.66 ± 0.01 to 1.11 ± 0.07 mg/kg (Cd3); and from 2.22 ± 0.08 to 3, 97 ± 0.09 mg/kg (Cd9), from day 30 to day 90. Pb was concentrated in the root biomass and Cd in the aboveground biomass. Bioaccumulation factor values ranged from 0.26 ± 0.02 to 0.99 ± 0.04 (Pb100); from 0.21 ± 0.04 to 0.50 ± 0.06 (Pb300); from 0.83 ± 0.09 to 1.72 ± 0.18 (Cd3); and from 0.70 ± 0.08 to 1.54 ± 0.18 (Cd9). High concentrations of Pb and Cd show a negative effect on the accumulation potential of P. maximum .
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