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- Title
Influence of Pseudomonas japonica and organic amendments on the growth and metal tolerance of Celosia argentea L.
- Authors
Iqbal, Ameena; Mushtaq, Muhammad Umair; Khan, Aqib Hassan Ali; Nawaz, Ismat; Yousaf, Sohail; Zeshan; Iqbal, Mazhar
- Abstract
In this study, a pot experiment was piloted in a greenhouse to evaluate the potential of Celosia argentea var. cristata L. for tolerating/accumulating heavy metals in synthetic wastewater in the presence of Pseudomonas japonica and organic amendment, i.e., moss and compost. Two-week-old seedlings were transferred to pots, and after 4 weeks, the bacterial strain was inoculated, then watered with synthetic wastewater for 5 weeks and harvested after 9 weeks. After harvesting, physiological and biochemical parameters, as well as metal contents of plants, were quantified. The results indicated highest growth and biomass production in moss- and compost-associated plants while highest metal uptake has been found in the presence of P. japonica and synthetic wastewater–irrigated plants. Synthetic wastewater–irrigated plants have shown highest Pb uptake of 2899 mg kg−1 DW, while with P. japonica in soil those plants have shown highest Cd, Cu, Ni, and Cr uptake of 962, 1479, 1042, and 956 mg kg−1 DW, respectively. The production of antioxidant enzymes, i.e., catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), guaiacol peroxidase (GPX), and glutathione-s-transferase (GST), was high in P. japonica–amended plants because of increased uptake of metals. It is concluded that moss and compost have improved growth while P. japonica improved metal accumulation and translocation to aerial parts with little involvement in plant growth.
- Subjects
HEAVY metals; METALS; PSEUDOMONAS; BIOMASS production; PLANT-soil relationships; PLANT growth
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2020, Vol 27, Issue 20, p24671
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-019-06181-z