Journal
PLANT AND SOIL
Volume 316, Issue 1-2, Pages 117-124Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9764-4
Keywords
Roxarsone; Animal manure; Turnip; Phytoavailability; Arsenic species
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- Guangdong Natural Science Foundation
- Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong through program [06025382]
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nutrient Cycling and Farmland Conservation
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Roxarsone (ROX) is widely used as a feed additive in intensive animal production. While animals are fed with ROX, the most commonly detectable As forms in fresh manures include ROX and small quantities of its metabolites such as arsenate (As(V)), arsenite (As(III)), monomethylarsonic acid (MMA) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA). A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the uptake, translocation and distribution of ROX, As(V), As(III), MMA and DMA in turnips, with the soil amended with 2% and 3% (w/w) chicken manure (CM) bearing ROX and its metabolites. Soil without any fertilizer was the control. The results show that only As(V) and As(III) were detected in turnip control samples. As(V), As(III) and DMA were found in all CM applied samples, but not ROX or MMA. This implies that turnip cannot take up ROX directly and accumulate MMA at detectable levels. The contents of DMA in tubers and the three As species in shoots increased with the CM rate in contrast to reduced levels of As(V) and As(III) in tubers. Increased CM rate enhanced the translocation of the three As species, especially for DMA, from tubers to shoots. DMA was the major form (42.9-61.4% in tubers and 38.1-76.3% in shoots), followed by As(III), in turnip plants fertilized with CM. The results indicate that ROX and its metabolites in animal manures can be introduced into human food chain by the way ROX -> animal -> manure -> soil -> crop.
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