Journal
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 560, Issue -, Pages 55-61Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.017
Keywords
PAHs; Sewage sludge; Uptake; Translocation; Wheat; Risk
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21207049]
- Shandong Provincial Higher Educational Science and Technology Program [J12LC02]
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Field experiments were conducted to explore the uptake and translocation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by wheat plants following sewage sludge application. Two types of application methods (single or annual application) and four application rates (5, 10, 20, and 40 t/ha/year) were investigated. The contents of 16 PAHs in soils, wheat roots and straws increased as the rate of sewage sludge application increased and were in the range of 20.7 to 241, 166 to 700, and 110 to 260 ng/g dry weight (dw), respectively. Meanwhile, for the PAH contents in grains (81.2-95.2 ng/g dw), no statistically significant differences were observed among different treatments. A single application of a large quantity of sewage sludge would likely increase the accumulation of PAHs in soil as well as their subsequent uptake and translocation by wheat. Profile analysis indicated that the transfer and accumulation of lower weight PAHs in wheat plants were greater. Regarding PAHs, sewage sludge application at 40 t/ha/year for 6 years did not significantly increase the risks of intake by wheat grain grown on sludge-amended soils. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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