Soil & Water Res., 2021, 16(2):129-135 | DOI: 10.17221/167/2020-SWR

Thallium uptake/tolerance in a model (hyper)accumulating plant: Effect of extreme contaminant loadsOriginal Paper

Ondřej Holubík ORCID...*,1,2, Aleš Vaněk ORCID...1, Martin Mihaljevič ORCID...3, Kateřina Vejvodová ORCID...1
1 Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
2 Department of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague, Czech Republic
3 Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Thallium (Tl) is a toxic trace element with a highly negative effect on the environment. For phytoextraction purposes, it is important to know the limitations of plant growth. In this study, we conducted experiments with a model Tl-hyperaccumulating plant (Sinapis alba L., white mustard) to better understand the plant tolerance and/or associated detoxification mechanisms under extreme Tl doses (accumulative 0.7/1.4 mg Tl, in total). Both the hydroponic/semi-hydroponic (artificial soil) cultivation variants were studied in detail. The Tl bioaccumulation potential for the tested plant reached up to 1% of the total supplied Tl amount. Furthermore, it was revealed that the plants grown in the soil-like system did not tolerate Tl concentrations in nutrient solutions higher than ~1 mg/L, i.e., wilting symptoms were evident. Surprisingly, for the plants grown in hydroponic solutions, the tolerable Tl concentration was by contrast at least 2-times higher (≥ 2 mg Tl/L), presumably mimicking the K biochemistry. The obtained hydroponic/semi-hydroponic phytoextraction data can serve, in combination, as a model for plant-assisted remediation of soils or mining/processing wastes enriched in Tl, or possibly for environmental cycling of Tl in general.

Keywords: artificial soil; bioaccumulation; hydroponic; phytoextraction; Tl; uptake

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Holubík O, Vaněk A, Mihaljevič M, Vejvodová K. Thallium uptake/tolerance in a model (hyper)accumulating plant: Effect of extreme contaminant loads. Soil & Water Res. 2021;16(2):129-135. doi: 10.17221/167/2020-SWR.
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