Bio-accumulation effects of heavy metals Pb, Zn and Cd on Procecidochares utilis parasitism to Eupatorium adenophorum at Suzu metal mines, Yunnan.

ABSTRACT: Procecidochares utilis is an obligatory parasitic insect to Eupatorium adenophorum. Both organisms have been spread to some metal mines areas. The objective of this study is to comprehend the trend of heavy metals transfer and the process of their bio-accumulation in the soil-E. adenophorum-P. utilis system and particularly their impact on the parasitic effect of P. utilis to E. adenophorum to reflect the impact of heavy metals on obligate parasitic insect and its host. Therefore, a detailed investigation was carried out at the Suzu Lead-Zinc Mine in Yunnan Province using the concentric circle's method. The results showed that the parasitic rate of P. utilis to a single plant and branch is positively correlated with distance. The metals cont

SUBMITTER: Lan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9465361 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature