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Accumulation of potentially toxic trace elements (PTEs) by native plant species growing in a typical gold mining area located in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
卷 29, 期 5, 页码 6990-7000

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SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-16076-7

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Gold mining area; Native plants; Bioconcentration; Translocation factor; Phytoextraction; Phytostabilisation

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  1. Key RAMP
  2. D Program of Gansu Province, China [17YF1NA065]
  3. Gansu Special Project for Guiding Innovation and Development of Science and Technology, China [2018ZX-09]

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The study found that some native plants in the typical gold mining area on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau have strong accumulation ability for As, Cd, Pb, and Zn, showing high tolerance to these elements. Among them, Geranium pylzowianum is a promising candidate for treating As, Potentilla saundersiana is suitable for handling Cd and Pb, and Elymus nutans is better for stabilizing multiple PTEs.
Though gold mines provide significant economic benefits to local governments, mining causes soil pollution by potentially toxic trace elements (PTEs) in mining areas, especially in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Screening of native plant species from mining areas is now an effective, inexpensive, and eco-friendly method for the remediation of PTEs in situ. In the present study, we conducted experiments to assess the accumulation of As, Cd, Pb, and Zn in 12 native plant species growing on a typical gold mining area in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Our results showed that rhizosphere soils have high soil organic matter content, high levels of As, and moderate levels of Cd. Geranium pylzowianum accumulated relatively higher As in its shoots and exhibited translocation factor (TF) higher than 1 for As (4.65), Cd (1.87), and Pb (1.36). Potentilla saundersiana had bioconcentration factor of shoot (BCF-S) higher than 1 for Cd (4.52) and Pb (1.70), whereas its TF was higher than 1 for As, Cd, Pb, and Zn. These plant species exhibit strong tolerance to these PTEs. Furthermore, Elymus nutans accumulated low levels of As, Cd, Pb, and Zn in their shoots and exhibited TF values lower than 1 for the four PTEs. Therefore, G. pylzowianum is a promising candidate for the in situ phytoextraction of As, and P. saundersiana can be used as an effective plant for Cd and Pb phytoextraction. E. nutans is better suited for the phytostabilisation of multiple PTEs. This work is of significant importance for screening native plant species that can provide a reference for phytoremediation of PTE-contaminated soils in this area or other place with similar climate, and has a good potential for developing PTE phytoremediation strategies at mining sites.

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