Derivation of soil Pb/Cd/As thresholds for safety of vegetable planting: A case study for pakchoi in Guangdong Province, China

Regional guidelines for soil heavy metals, in conjunction with specific crops, are proposed to better assess soil environmental quality. In this study, large amounts of soils with different levels of Pb/Cd/As pollution were collected in Guangdong Province, China, to carry out a pot experiment, which...

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Main Authors: Fu-rong LI, Dian WEN, Fu-hua WANG, Fang-fang SUN, Xu WANG, Ying-qiong DU, Xiang-xiang LIU, Kai WAN
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Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019-01-01
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Xiang-xiang LIU
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description Regional guidelines for soil heavy metals, in conjunction with specific crops, are proposed to better assess soil environmental quality. In this study, large amounts of soils with different levels of Pb/Cd/As pollution were collected in Guangdong Province, China, to carry out a pot experiment, which was closer to the actual situation and properties of the heavy metal contaminated soils. Taking the widely planted vegetable pakchoi as the research object, we analyzed the correlations between the Pb/Cd/As concentrations in pakchoi and the total or available soil Pb/Cd/As concentrations and established their optimal regression equations. And then, the total and available soil Pb/Cd/As thresholds for pakchoi were calculated according to the allowable Pb/Cd/As limits in pakchoi and were compared with the current soil assessment standards. Furthermore, a lot of paired vegetable-soil samples in field were collected and their pollution situations were assessed by both the current limit thresholds and the calculated thresholds. Obviously, it was more consistent to assess the Cd and As pollution situation of the vegetable and soil samples with the calculated soil thresholds than the current soil assessment thresholds. It further proved that it was necessary to explore the soil heavy metal thresholds for safety of vegetable in specific regions, which would be more scientific and practical to guide safety production of local agricultural products and effective utilization of soil resources.
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spelling doaj-art-d7f8ca86aae34763a516de8b5a2d0b562025-08-20T03:58:54ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Journal of Integrative Agriculture2095-31192019-01-0118117918910.1016/S2095-3119(18)61975-6Derivation of soil Pb/Cd/As thresholds for safety of vegetable planting: A case study for pakchoi in Guangdong Province, ChinaFu-rong LI0Dian WEN1Fu-hua WANG2Fang-fang SUN3Xu WANG4Ying-qiong DU5Xiang-xiang LIU6Kai WAN7Correspondence LI Fu-rong, Tel/Fax: +86-20-85161203; Public Monitoring Center for Agro-product of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Testing and Evaluation for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture/Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for Agro-product (Guangzhou), Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, P.R.ChinaPublic Monitoring Center for Agro-product of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Testing and Evaluation for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture/Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for Agro-product (Guangzhou), Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, P.R.ChinaCorrespondence WANG Fu-hua, Tel/Fax: +86-20-85161062; Public Monitoring Center for Agro-product of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Testing and Evaluation for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture/Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for Agro-product (Guangzhou), Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, P.R.ChinaPublic Monitoring Center for Agro-product of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Testing and Evaluation for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture/Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for Agro-product (Guangzhou), Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, P.R.ChinaPublic Monitoring Center for Agro-product of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Testing and Evaluation for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture/Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for Agro-product (Guangzhou), Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, P.R.ChinaPublic Monitoring Center for Agro-product of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Testing and Evaluation for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture/Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for Agro-product (Guangzhou), Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, P.R.ChinaPublic Monitoring Center for Agro-product of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Testing and Evaluation for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture/Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for Agro-product (Guangzhou), Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, P.R.ChinaPublic Monitoring Center for Agro-product of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Testing and Evaluation for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture/Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for Agro-product (Guangzhou), Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, P.R.ChinaRegional guidelines for soil heavy metals, in conjunction with specific crops, are proposed to better assess soil environmental quality. In this study, large amounts of soils with different levels of Pb/Cd/As pollution were collected in Guangdong Province, China, to carry out a pot experiment, which was closer to the actual situation and properties of the heavy metal contaminated soils. Taking the widely planted vegetable pakchoi as the research object, we analyzed the correlations between the Pb/Cd/As concentrations in pakchoi and the total or available soil Pb/Cd/As concentrations and established their optimal regression equations. And then, the total and available soil Pb/Cd/As thresholds for pakchoi were calculated according to the allowable Pb/Cd/As limits in pakchoi and were compared with the current soil assessment standards. Furthermore, a lot of paired vegetable-soil samples in field were collected and their pollution situations were assessed by both the current limit thresholds and the calculated thresholds. Obviously, it was more consistent to assess the Cd and As pollution situation of the vegetable and soil samples with the calculated soil thresholds than the current soil assessment thresholds. It further proved that it was necessary to explore the soil heavy metal thresholds for safety of vegetable in specific regions, which would be more scientific and practical to guide safety production of local agricultural products and effective utilization of soil resources.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311918619756heavy metal pollutionavailable contentsoil thresholdcorrelation analysisvegetable
spellingShingle Fu-rong LI
Dian WEN
Fu-hua WANG
Fang-fang SUN
Xu WANG
Ying-qiong DU
Xiang-xiang LIU
Kai WAN
Derivation of soil Pb/Cd/As thresholds for safety of vegetable planting: A case study for pakchoi in Guangdong Province, China
Journal of Integrative Agriculture
heavy metal pollution
available content
soil threshold
correlation analysis
vegetable
title Derivation of soil Pb/Cd/As thresholds for safety of vegetable planting: A case study for pakchoi in Guangdong Province, China
title_full Derivation of soil Pb/Cd/As thresholds for safety of vegetable planting: A case study for pakchoi in Guangdong Province, China
title_fullStr Derivation of soil Pb/Cd/As thresholds for safety of vegetable planting: A case study for pakchoi in Guangdong Province, China
title_full_unstemmed Derivation of soil Pb/Cd/As thresholds for safety of vegetable planting: A case study for pakchoi in Guangdong Province, China
title_short Derivation of soil Pb/Cd/As thresholds for safety of vegetable planting: A case study for pakchoi in Guangdong Province, China
title_sort derivation of soil pb cd as thresholds for safety of vegetable planting a case study for pakchoi in guangdong province china
topic heavy metal pollution
available content
soil threshold
correlation analysis
vegetable
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311918619756
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