Cadmium and lead affect the status of mineral nutrients in alfalfa grown on a calcareous soil

• Published in: Soil science and plant nutrition (Tokyo) Vol. 66; no. 3; pp. 506 - 514
• Main Authors: He, Honghua, Wang, Xia, Wu, Miaomiao, Guo, Lei, Fan, Chenbin, Peng, Qi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kyoto Taylor & Francis 03.05.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Alfalfa; Cadmium; Calcareous soil; Calcareous soils; Calcium; Carboxylates; Contamination; Copper; Damage accumulation; Detoxification; Dietary minerals; Exudation; Lead; Magnesium; Manganese; mass; Medicago sativa; mineral nutrition; Nutrient concentrations; nutrient content; Nutrients; Organs; oxalates; Oxalic acid; phytoremediation; plant growth; plant nutrition; polluted soils; Rhizosphere; rhizosphere pH; roots; Soil contamination; Soil pollution; toxicity; Trace elements; Zinc

Cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) are toxic trace elements which are not essential for plants but can be easily taken up by roots and accumulated in various organs, and cause irreversible damages to plants. A pot experiment was carried out to investigate the individual and combined effects of Cd (0, 10, 20...