EFFECT OF REACTIVE MATERIALS ON THE CONTENT OF SELECTED ELEMENTS IN INDIAN MUSTARD GROWN IN CR(VI)-CONTAMINATED SOILS

• Main Authors: Maja Radziemska, Zbigniew Mazur, Joanna Fronczyk
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE) 2016-04-01
• Series: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Subjects: chromium; Indian mustard; macroelements; soil
• Online Access: http://www.journalssystem.com/jeeng/EFFECT-OF-REACTIVE-MATERIALS-ON-THE-CONTENT-OF-SELECTED-ELEMENTS-IN-INDIAN-MUSTARD-GROWN-IN-CR-VI-CONTAMINATED-SOILS,62310,0,2.html

Reactive materials represent a promising agent for environmental co-remediation. The research was aimed to determine the influence of hexavalent chromium in doses of 0, 25, 50, and 150 mg Cr(VI).kg^-1 of soil as well as zero valent-iron, and lignite additives on the content of macroelements in the Indian mustard (<i>Brassica juncea</i> L.). The average accumulation of the analysed elements in Indian mustard grown in Cr(VI) contaminated soil were found to follow the decreasing order Mg>Na>P>Ca>K. Soil contamination at 150 mg Cr(VI).kg^-1 of soil led to the highest increase in magnesium, calcium, sodium, and potassium content in Indian mustard. The application of zero-valent iron had a positive influence on the average Na and K content of the tested plant. The application of lignite had a positive influence on the average magnesium, sodium and calcium content in the above-ground parts of the studied plant. In the non-amended treatments (without reactive materials), the increasing rates of chromium (VI) had an explicitly positive effect on the content of phosphorous and sodium in Indian mustard.