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Influence of activated charcoal amendment to contaminated soil on dieldrin and nutrient uptake by cucumbers

Hilber, Isabel; Wyss, Gabriela S.; Mäder, Paul; Bucheli, Thomas D.; Meier, Isabel; Vogt, Lea and Schulin, Rainer (2009) Influence of activated charcoal amendment to contaminated soil on dieldrin and nutrient uptake by cucumbers. Environmental Pollution, 157, pp. 2224-2230.

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Summary

Activated charcoal (AC) amendments have been suggested as a promising, cost-effective method to immobilize organic contaminants in soil. We performed pot experiments over two years with cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) grown in agricultural soil with 0.07 mg kg_1 of weathered dieldrin and 0, 200, 400, and 800 mg AC per kg soil. Dieldrin fresh weight concentrations in cucumber fruits were significantly reduced from 0.012 to an average of 0.004 mg kg_1, and total uptake from 2 to 1 mg in the 800 mg kg_1 AC treatment compared to the untreated soil. The treatment effects differed considerably between the two years, due to different meteorological conditions. AC soil treatments did neither affect the availability of nutrients to the cucumber plants nor their yield (total fruit wet weight per pot). Thus, some important prerequisites for the successful application of AC amendments to immobilize organic pollutants in agricultural soils can be considered fulfilled.


EPrint Type:Journal paper
Keywords:Organochlorine pesticides, Activated carbon, Trace elements, Cucurbitaceae, Sequestration, Kürbisgewächse, Organochlorpestizide, Rückstände
Agrovoc keywords:
Language
Value
URI
English
Organochlorine pesticides
UNSPECIFIED
English
Activated carbon
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15934
English
Trace elements
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7834
English
Cucurbitaceae
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2013
English
Sequestration
UNSPECIFIED
Subjects: Soil
Crop husbandry > Production systems > Vegetables
Research affiliation: Switzerland > Agroscope > ART - Reckenholz location
Switzerland > ETHZ - Agrarwissenschaften
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Soil
DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2009.04.009
Deposited By: Mäder, Paul
ID Code:26375
Deposited On:17 Jun 2014 20:03
Last Modified:13 Jan 2021 07:14
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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