Effect of irrigation with lake water containing microcystins on microcystin content and growth of ryegrass, clover, rape, and lettuce.

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  • J R Crush
  • L R Briggs
  • J M Sprosen
  • S N Nichols
چکیده

The effect of irrigation with lake water containing a variety of microcystins on accumulation of toxins, or toxin metabolites, and plant growth in ryegrass, clover, rape, and lettuce, was investigated in a glasshouse experiment. The plants were grown in sand culture and received either three or six applications of lake water, which was applied either directly to the sand surface or to the plant shoots. As determined by LC-MS, each plant received 170 mug of a mixture of 10 different microcystins per application. Microcystins in plant samples were extracted with 70% methanol and analyzed by Adda-specific ELISA. For the shoot application treatment, microcystins were not present at measurable levels in shoots of ryegrass or rape, but were present in lettuce [0.79 mg/kg dry weight (DW)] and clover (0.20 mg/kg DW). Total microcystin concentration in roots did not vary greatly depending on whether treatment water was applied directly to the sand, or reached the roots via run-off from the shoots. Microcystins in roots were highest in clover (1.45 mg/kg DW), intermediate in lettuce (0.68 mg/kg DW) and low in ryegrass (0.20 mg/kg DW), and rape (0.12 mg/kg DW). There was no evidence for root-to-shoot translocation of microcystins. Three applications of microcystins reduced shoot DW of ryegrass, rape and lettuce, and increased root DW of ryegrass and lettuce. Clover DW was not changed by treatment with microcystins. The results show that irrigation with water containing microcystins has the potential to move microcystins into farm animal and human food chains at concentrations that can exceed recommended tolerable limits.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Environmental toxicology

دوره 23 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008