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Minimizing Heavy Metal Accumulation in Edible Parts of Lettuce Plant

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The experiment was conducted to reduce the buildup of heavy metals in lettuce plants grown in contaminated soil. Lettuce plants cv. Nader were cultivated on polluted soil in black polyethylene bags with or without the addition of biochar, rice straw, Pseudomonas fluorescens, biochar + rice straw, biochar + P. fluorescens, rice straw + P. fluorescens, and biochar + rice straw + P. fluorescens, and unpolluted soil as a control. The experiments were conducted in 2019 and 2020 seasons at the Vegetable Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Shubra El Kheima, Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt. The treatments were distributed in a completely randomized design with three replicates. The results indicated that cultivating lettuce in polluted soil had negative effects on plant growth compared to the unpolluted soil. Application of the treatments improved the vegetative growth parameters. The results also showed that lettuce plants grown in heavy metal-polluted soil had lower values of vegetative growth parameters than those grown in polluted soil treated with biochar, rice straw, or P. fluorescens, and the interaction between them. When compared to bacterial inoculation treatment, the application of biochar and/or rice straw on lettuce plants grown in heavy metal-contaminated soil enhanced growth and leaf nutrient contents, while heavy metal contents decreased. The findings demonstrated that heavy metal-contaminated soil treated with biochar alone or in combination with rice straw and/or bacterial inoculation were effective in reducing the content of heavy metals in plant leaves and attenuating the harmful effects of heavy metals on grown lettuce plants.

DOI

10.21608/ejoh.2023.214068.1249

Keywords

Lactuca sativa, Biochar, rice straw, P. fluorescens, Heavy metals, Vegetative growth, mineral contents, nitrate content

Authors

First Name

Yassin

Last Name

Shiba

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Agronomist freeline

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yassinmohamed@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

Abu Al-Manja

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First Name

Salama

Last Name

Abd Elhady

MiddleName

Abd Elhamid

Affiliation

Horticulture Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Shoubra El Kheima, 11241, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

salamaelhady@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

cairo

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First Name

Sabry

Last Name

Youssef

MiddleName

Mousa

Affiliation

Dept. of Horticulture, Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., Shobra El- Khaymah,11241 Cairo, Egypt.

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sabry_youssif@agr.asu.edu.eg

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cairo

Orcid

0000-0001-5326-637X

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

El-Shinawy

MiddleName

Zaky

Affiliation

Dept. of Horticulture, Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., Shobra El- Khaymah,11241 Cairo, Egypt

Email

rushinawy@hotmail.com

City

Cairo,EGYPT

Orcid

0000-0002-3654-3125

Volume

50

Article Issue

2

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39622

Issue Date

2023-08-01

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2023-05-30

Publish Date

2023-08-01

Page Start

303

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317

Print ISSN

1110-0206

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2357-0903

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137

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Horticulture

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https://ejoh.journals.ekb.eg/

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Minimizing Heavy Metal Accumulation in Edible Parts of Lettuce Plant

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30 Dec 2024