Plant Soil Environ., 2006, 52(9):385-391 | DOI: 10.17221/3456-PSE

Stabilisation of metals in mine spoil with amendments and growth of red fescue in symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi

L. Simon1, J. Tamás2, E. Kovács2, B. Kovács3, B. Biró4
1 Department of Land and Environmental Management, College of Nyíregyháza, Nyíregyháza, Hungary
2 Department of Water and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Hungary
3 Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
4 Laboratory of Rhizobiology, Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Metal stabilisation effects of amendments (1% m/m CaCO3-L, 5% m/m municipal sewage sludge compost-MSSC, and 7.5% m/m natural zeolite-Z) were studied on acidic mine spoil (pHKCl 3.73) from Gyöngyösoroszi (Hungary) containing Cd-15.0, Cu-336, Mn-568, Pb-1919, and Zn-3306 mg/kg. Red fescue (Festuca rubra, cv. Keszthelyi 2) was grown in a pot experiment in amended mine spoil, and was infected with spores of a Zn-tolerant arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) Glomus intraradices. During 12 weeks of plant growth L + MSSC + Z amendments were more effective in stabilizing the pH, reducing the leaching and phytoavailability of metals in mine spoil than the lime application itself. Liming (L) had a negative effect on Cd, Mn and Zn concentrations in mine spoil water (leachate) as compared to the untreated control. In mine spoil stabilized with a combination of amendments red fescue growth can be established in symbiosis with AMF. Rate of AMF infection (F 4%) was low in limed mine spoil but was especially high (F 93%) in the case of L + MSSC + Z application. In shoots of these cultures - as a trend - AMF reduced the concentration of Cd by 35-55%, Cu by 9-34%, Mn by 14-55%, and Zn by 22-44%.

Keywords: stabilisation; heavy metals; mine spoil; amendments; red fescue; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Published: September 30, 2006  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
Simon L, Tamás J, Kovács E, Kovács B, Biró B. Stabilisation of metals in mine spoil with amendments and growth of red fescue in symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi. Plant Soil Environ.. 2006;52(9):385-391. doi: 10.17221/3456-PSE.
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. Adriano D.C. (2001): Trace Elements in Terrestrial Environments. Biogeochemistry, Bioavailability and Risks of Metals. 2 nd ed. Springer Verlag, New York.
    2. Berti W.R., Cunningham S.C. (2000): Phytostabilization of Metals. In: Raskin I., Ensley B.D. (eds.): Phytoremediation of Toxic Metals: Using Plants to Clean up the Environment. John Wiley and Sons, New York: 71-88.
    3. Colpaert J.V. (1998): Biological Interactions: The Significance of Root-Microbial Symbioses for Phytorestoration of Metal-Contaminated Soils. In: Vangronsveld J., Cunningham S.C. (eds.): Metal-Contaminated Soils: In situ Inactivation and Phytorestoration. SpringerVerlag, Berlin, Heidelberg: 75-84.
    4. Dueck T.A., Visser P., Ernst W.H.O., Schat H. (1986): Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae decrease zinctoxicity to grasses growing in zinc-polluted soil. Soil Biol. Biochem., 18: 331-333. Go to original source...
    5. Hildebrandt U., Kaldorf M., Bothe H. (1999): The zinc violet and its colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. J. Plant Physiol., 154: 709-717. Go to original source...
    6. Horvath B., Gruiz K. (1996): Impact of metalliferous ore mining activity on the environment in Gyongyosoroszi, Hungary. Sci. Total Environ., 184: 215-227. Go to original source...
    7. Kabata-Pendias A., Pendias H. (2001): Trace Elements in Soils and Plants. 3rd ed. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, London, New York, Washington D.C. Go to original source...
    8. Kovács E., Tamás J. (2002): Spatial multi-objective decision making in phytoremediation of mining areas. In: Borůvka L. (ed.): Soil science: past, present and future. In: Proc. Int. Conf., Czech University of Agriculture, Prague, CR: 313-323.
    9. Lakanen E., Erviö R. (1971): A comparison of eight extractants for the determination of plant available microelements in soils. Acta Agron. Fennica, 123: 223-232.
    10. Lakatos G., Mészáros I., Tóth A., Keresztúri P., Galicz É., Paksi V. (2002): Study on phytostabilization and phytoextraction in Hungarian practice. In: Mench M., Mocqout B. (eds.): Risk assessment and sustainable land management using plants in trace elementcontaminated soils. COST Action 837. 4 th WG2 Workshop, Bordeaux'2002. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Villenave d'Omon, France: 144-145.
    11. Leyval C., Turnau K., Haselwandter K. (1997): Effect of heavy metal pollution on mycorrhizal colonization and function: physiological, ecological and applied aspects. Mycorrhiza, 7: 139-154. Go to original source...
    12. Li Y.M., Chaney R.L., Siebielec G., Kerschner B.A. (2000): Response of four turfgrass cultivars to limestone and biosolids-compost amendment of a zinc and cadmium contaminated soil at Palmerton, Pennsylvania. J. Environ. Qual., 29: 1440-1447. Go to original source...
    13. Mench M., Vangronsveld J., Clijsters H., Lepp N.W., Edwards R. (2000): In situ metal immobilization and phytostabilization of contaminated soils. In: Terry N., Bañuelos G. (eds.): Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water. Lewis Publ., Boca Raton, London, New York, Washington D.C.: 323-358. Go to original source...
    14. Simon L. (2005): Stabilization of metals in acidic mine spoil with amendments and red fescue (Festuca rubra L.) growth. Environ. Geochem. Health, 27: 289-300. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    15. Thorne M.E., Zamora B.A., Kennedy A.C. (1998): Sewage sludge and mycorrhizal effects on Secar bluebunch wheatgrass in mine spoil. J. Environ. Qual., 27: 1228-1233. Go to original source...
    16. Trouvelot A., Kough J.L., Gianinazzi-Pearson V. (1985): Mesure du Taux de mycorrhization VA d'un systeme radiculaire. Recherche des méthodes d'estimation ayant une signification fonctionelle. In: Gianinazzi S. (ed.): Mycorrhizae, physiology and genetics. In: Proc. 1st Symp. Eur. Mycor., INRA Paris, France: 217-221. (In French)
    17. Vangronsveld J., Cunningham S.C. (1998): Metal-Contaminated Soils: In situ Inactivation and Phytorestoration. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg.

    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY NC 4.0), which permits non-comercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is properly cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.


    Return to the content