Environment and Ecology

The toxicity assessment of chromium in Beijing Kaleyard Alluvial Soil-Pakchoi System

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  • 1. Hainan University of Agriculture, Danzhou 571737, Hainan, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, CAS, Beijing 100085, China;
    3. Soil and Fertilizer Station, Agricultural Department of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310020, China

Received date: 2009-04-07

  Revised date: 2009-08-09

  Online published: 2009-11-25

Supported by

国家自然科学基金项目(40671172);中国科学院知识创新工程重大项目(kzcx1-yw-06-03)

Abstract

In this study, pot experiments using the Beijing alluvial soils were conducted to examine the effects of hexavalent chromium (Cr), concentrations ranging from 0 to 50 mg·kg-1, on the biomass and Cr concentrations of pakchoi (Brassica chinensis L.), soil microbial biomass carbon, soil microbial biomass nitrogen and soil microbial respiration. The results showed that in the high Cr concentration treatments (with addition ≥25 mg·kg-1), the Cr concentrations in pakchoi leaves increased significantly compared with the control treatment (P<0.01). The total Cr concentrations in pakchoi roots were much greater than those in leaves. Compared with the control treatment, the biomass of pakchoi leaf increased significantly in the 1 mg·kg-1 Cr treatment, while its biomass decreased significantly in the high Cr concentration treatments (≥10 mg·kg-1) (P<0.01) and the highest decreasing extent was up to 78.2%. In the 50 mg·kg-1 Cr treatment, the soil microbial biomass carbon, microbial biomass nitrogen and respiration rate were significantly lower than these indicators of control treatments. The biomass and total Cr concentration of pakchoi leaves, soil microbial biomass carbon, soil microbial biomass nitrogen and soil microbial respiration rate could all be sensitively served as biological indicators to reflect the pollution extent of soil Cr. By using these indicators and the corresponding total Cr concentrations of soil, we could obtain the fitting equations. Based on the conceptions of crop yield reduction, food safety and ecological dose, we could calculate the Cr mild pollution critical concentration of Beijing alluvial soil ED10 (70.8 mg·kg-1) and the Cr moderate pollution critical concentration of Beijing alluvial soil ED50 (111.6 mg·kg-1). The results would be helpful to the revision and rebuilding of soil environmental criteria.

Cite this article

DAI Yu, YANG Zhong-fa, ZHENG Yuan-ming, JI Tian-wei . The toxicity assessment of chromium in Beijing Kaleyard Alluvial Soil-Pakchoi System[J]. GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, 2009 , 28(6) : 1682 -1692 . DOI: 10.11821/yj2009060024

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