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N-Fertilizer (Urea) Enhances the Phytoextraction of Cadmium through Solanum nigrum L.
Heavy metal contamination is currently a major environmental concern, as most agricultural land is being polluted from municipal discharge. Among various other pollutants, cadmium (Cd), one of the most harmful heavy metals, enters into the food chain through the irrigation of crops with an industria...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7312380/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32485810 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113850 |
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author | Maqbool, Arosha Ali, Shafaqat Rizwan, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Saleem Yasmeen, Tahira Riaz, Muhammad Hussain, Afzal Noreen, Shamaila Abdel-Daim, Mohamed M. Alkahtani, Saad |
author_facet | Maqbool, Arosha Ali, Shafaqat Rizwan, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Saleem Yasmeen, Tahira Riaz, Muhammad Hussain, Afzal Noreen, Shamaila Abdel-Daim, Mohamed M. Alkahtani, Saad |
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description | Heavy metal contamination is currently a major environmental concern, as most agricultural land is being polluted from municipal discharge. Among various other pollutants, cadmium (Cd), one of the most harmful heavy metals, enters into the food chain through the irrigation of crops with an industrial effluent. In the present study, a pot experiment was designed to assess the effect of different nitrogen (N)-fertilizer forms in the phytoremediation of Cd through Solanum nigrum L. Two types of N fertilizers (NH(4)NO(3) and urea) were applied to the soil in different ratios (0:0, 100:0, 0:100, and 50:50 of NH(4)NO(3) and urea, individually) along with different Cd levels (0, 25, and 50 mg kg(−1)). The plants were harvested 70 days after sowing the seeds in pots. Cadmium contamination significantly inhibited the growth of leaves and roots of S. nigrum plants. Cadmium contamination also induced oxidative stress; however, the application of N-fertilizers increased the plant biomass by inhibiting oxidative stress and enhancing antioxidants’ enzymatic activities. The greatest plant growth was observed in the urea-treated plants compared with the NH(4)NO(3)-treated plants. In addition, urea-fed plants also accumulated higher Cd concentrations than NH(4)NO(3)-fed plants. It is concluded that urea is helpful for better growth of S. nigrum under Cd stress. Thus, an optimum concentration of N-fertilizers might be effective in the phytoremediation of heavy metals through S. nigrum. |
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spelling | pubmed-73123802020-06-26 N-Fertilizer (Urea) Enhances the Phytoextraction of Cadmium through Solanum nigrum L. Maqbool, Arosha Ali, Shafaqat Rizwan, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Saleem Yasmeen, Tahira Riaz, Muhammad Hussain, Afzal Noreen, Shamaila Abdel-Daim, Mohamed M. Alkahtani, Saad Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Heavy metal contamination is currently a major environmental concern, as most agricultural land is being polluted from municipal discharge. Among various other pollutants, cadmium (Cd), one of the most harmful heavy metals, enters into the food chain through the irrigation of crops with an industrial effluent. In the present study, a pot experiment was designed to assess the effect of different nitrogen (N)-fertilizer forms in the phytoremediation of Cd through Solanum nigrum L. Two types of N fertilizers (NH(4)NO(3) and urea) were applied to the soil in different ratios (0:0, 100:0, 0:100, and 50:50 of NH(4)NO(3) and urea, individually) along with different Cd levels (0, 25, and 50 mg kg(−1)). The plants were harvested 70 days after sowing the seeds in pots. Cadmium contamination significantly inhibited the growth of leaves and roots of S. nigrum plants. Cadmium contamination also induced oxidative stress; however, the application of N-fertilizers increased the plant biomass by inhibiting oxidative stress and enhancing antioxidants’ enzymatic activities. The greatest plant growth was observed in the urea-treated plants compared with the NH(4)NO(3)-treated plants. In addition, urea-fed plants also accumulated higher Cd concentrations than NH(4)NO(3)-fed plants. It is concluded that urea is helpful for better growth of S. nigrum under Cd stress. Thus, an optimum concentration of N-fertilizers might be effective in the phytoremediation of heavy metals through S. nigrum. MDPI 2020-05-29 2020-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7312380/ /pubmed/32485810 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113850 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Maqbool, Arosha Ali, Shafaqat Rizwan, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Saleem Yasmeen, Tahira Riaz, Muhammad Hussain, Afzal Noreen, Shamaila Abdel-Daim, Mohamed M. Alkahtani, Saad N-Fertilizer (Urea) Enhances the Phytoextraction of Cadmium through Solanum nigrum L. |
title | N-Fertilizer (Urea) Enhances the Phytoextraction of Cadmium through Solanum nigrum L. |
title_full | N-Fertilizer (Urea) Enhances the Phytoextraction of Cadmium through Solanum nigrum L. |
title_fullStr | N-Fertilizer (Urea) Enhances the Phytoextraction of Cadmium through Solanum nigrum L. |
title_full_unstemmed | N-Fertilizer (Urea) Enhances the Phytoextraction of Cadmium through Solanum nigrum L. |
title_short | N-Fertilizer (Urea) Enhances the Phytoextraction of Cadmium through Solanum nigrum L. |
title_sort | n-fertilizer (urea) enhances the phytoextraction of cadmium through solanum nigrum l. |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7312380/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32485810 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113850 |
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