Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2024, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 600-612.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20230477

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Effect of application of lime with Chinese milk vetch on the cadmium uptake in rice

DONG Aiqin1,2(), CHEN Yuanhua1,2, YANG Tao1,2, XU Changxu1,2, CHENG Liqun1, XIE Jie1,2,*()   

  1. 1. National Agricultural Experimental Station for Agricultural Environment, Yichun, National Engineering and Technology Research Center for Red Soil Improvement, Soil and Fertilizer & Resources and Environment Institute, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang 330200, China
    2. Jinggangshan Institute of Red Soil, Ji’an 343016, Jiangxi, China
  • Received:2023-04-12 Online:2024-03-25 Published:2024-04-09

Abstract:

In the present study, a pot experiment was conducted to reveal the effects of application of Chinese milk vetch (GM), as well as the combination of Chinese milk vetch and lime (GM0HL), Chinese milk vetch and lime late application (GM5HL), Chinese milk vetch and reduced lime late application (GM5LL) on soil properties, root iron plaque and the uptake and transport of Cd in rice plants. The results showed that the soil organic matter content was significantly (P<0.05) increased by 2.1-2.7 g·kg-1 after turning over of Chinese milk vetch than that of control (CK). Compared with the GM treatment, the soil pH was significantly increased by 0.38-0.78 pH units with application of lime, and the soil available Cd content was significantly decreased by 21.71%-41.28%. In the late stage of rapid decomposition of Chinese milk vetch, soil Eh of the treatments with lime (GM0HL, GM5HL, GM5LL) was significantly higher than that of GM. Compared with the CK treatment, the Fe content in root iron plaque of rice at the tillering stage was significantly reduced by 43.34%, 38.82% and 29.00% in GM0HL, GM5HL and GM5LL treatments, respectively, and the Cd content in root iron plaque was significantly decreased by 43.72%, 35.56% and 12.72%, respectively. The principal component analysis results showed that, soil pH and organic matter content were two key factors, which significantly affected the absorption of Cd by rice. Increasing of soil pH and organic matter content could reduce the availability of Cd in soil, increase the thickness of root iron plaque and the content of Cd in root iron plaque, thus inhibit Cd uptake by rice. In the experiment conditions, it could reduce Cd uptake and the cost in remediating Cd contaminated farmland by application of the reduced amount of lime 5 days after the overturning of Chinese milk vetch.

Key words: rice, cadmium, root iron plaque, Chinese milk vetch, lime

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