Effects of several amendments on rice growth and uptake of copper andcadmium from a contaminated soil
LI Ping , WANG Xingxiang , ZHANG Taolin , ZHOU Dongmei , HE Yuanqiu
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Received July 03, 2007,Revised October 11, 2007, Accepted , Available online
Volume 20,2008,Pages 449-455
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Heavy metals in variable charge soil are highly bioavailable and easy to transfer into plants. Since it is impossible to completely
eliminate rice planting on contaminated soils, some remediation and mitigation techniques are necessary to reduce metal bioavailability
and uptake by rice. This pot experiment investigated the e ects of seven amendments on the growth of rice and uptake of heavy metals
from a paddy soil that was contaminated by copper and cadmium. The best results were from the application of limestone that increased
grain yield by 12.5–16.5 fold, and decreased Cu and Cd concentrations in grain by 23.0%–50.4%. Application of calcium magnesium
phosphate, calcium silicate, pig manure, and peat also increased the grain yield by 0.3–15.3 fold, and e ectively decreased the Cu and
Cd concentrations in grain. Cd concentration in grain was slightly reduced in the treatments of Chinese milk vetch and zinc sulfate.
Concentrations of Cu and Cd in grain and straw were dependent on the available Cu and Cd in the soils, and soil available Cu and Cd
were significantly a ected by the soil pH.
