Effect of Sample Sources on Heavy Metal Concentration Measured in Beta Vulgaris Organs.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Heavy metal concentration [mg/dL, MP] in soil and the transfer to vegetable organs may have a sampling effect. We compared the [MP] in soil and organ samples of Beta vulgaris collected in sites with socioeconomic differences potentially inducing phytotoxicity.

Materials and methods

Samples of Beta vulgaris and soils (n = 4 per sample of soil and plant material) were randomly collected from two distant geographic areas (Mosquera and Sibaté, Cundinamarca, Colombia). We determined the [MP] using acid digestion of HCl : HNO₃ [1 : 1]; the [MP] was obtained by atomic absorption in Varian AA-140 and Shimadzu AA-7000 equipment. A two-way ANOVA estimated the effect (partial η2) of the sampling site and metal type on the [MP] and transfer to the veg

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez OE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9206551 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature