Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (10): 1921-1930.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2021.10.16

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Effects of soil amendments on Cd uptake and accumulation in red pepper

CHEN De1(), ZHAO Shouping1, YE Xuezhu1,*(), ZHANG Qi1, XIAO Wendan1, RUAN Yifei2, WU Shaofu3   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Information Traceability for Agricultural Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agro-Product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
    2. Farmland Construction Service Center of Lin’an District, Hangzhou 311300, China
    3. Shaoxing Grain and Oil Crop Technology Extension Center, Shaoxing 312000, China
  • Received:2021-05-09 Online:2021-10-25 Published:2021-11-02
  • Contact: YE Xuezhu

Abstract:

Field experiment was conducted to investigate effects of soil amendments on uptake and accumulation of Cd in red pepper and to screen out suitable soil amendment that can effectively reduce Cd uptake in red pepper. The results showed that red pepper Yanjiao 425 had a strong ability to absorb Cd from soil, Cd concentrations in different tissues were as follows: stem and leaf>root>fruit. Concentrations of Cd in red pepper fruit ranged from 0.049 to 0.106 mg·kg-1, Cd concentrations in red pepper fruit were reduced by 25%-54% as a result of application of soil amendments except for biochar, where the highest reduction of Cd was attributed to sepiolite, followed by the composite amendments. Translocation factor and concentration factor were also effectively reduced at the ranges of 26%-44% and 23%-52%, respectively. Decreases of Cd contents in pepper were mainly attributed to the increase of soil pH value and the decrease of soil Cd availability as a result of amendments addition into soil. Compared with the control, soil pH value increased by 0.8-2.4 units, and the available Cd contents decreased by 68%-93% in amended soils. Besides, different amendments also increased the content of soil organic matter and main nutrients. In general, sepiolite and composite amendments could effectively improve soil properties, reduce the uptake, transportation and accumulation of Cd in red pepper, and to ensure the safety of pepper production.

Key words: red pepper, heavy metal, soil, in-situ remediation, uptake and translocation

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