Akram Farshadirad; Alireza Hosseinpour; Shojae ghorbani; hamidreza motaghian
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Introduction: In recent years, because of the presence of industrial factories around the Isfahan province of Iran and high concentrations of heavy metals in the vicinity of them, and the gradual accumulation of heavy metals from various sources of pollution in urban areas over time, including gasoline ...
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Introduction: In recent years, because of the presence of industrial factories around the Isfahan province of Iran and high concentrations of heavy metals in the vicinity of them, and the gradual accumulation of heavy metals from various sources of pollution in urban areas over time, including gasoline combustion, and use of urban waste compost and sewage sludge as fertilizer, there has been widespread concerned regarding the human health problems with increasing heavy metals in soils around the Isfahan city. The variation of composition in the soil matrix may lead to variation of composition and behavior of soil heavy metals. Soil is a heterogeneous body of materials and soil components are obviously in interaction. Studies tacking this complexity often use aggregate measurements as surrogates of the complex soil matrix. So, it is important the understanding soil particle-size distribution of aggregates and its effects on heavy metal partitioning among the size fractions, the fate of metals and their toxicity potential in the soil environment. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the Cu release potential from different size fractions of different polluted soils by different extractants and their availability for corn plant.
Materials and Methods: Five soil samples were collected from the surface soils (0–15 cm) of Isfahan province, in central of Iran. The soil samples were air-dried and ground to pass a 2-mm sieve for laboratory analysis. Air dried samples fractionated into four different aggregate size fractions 2.0–4.0 (large macro-aggregate), 0.25–2 (small macro-aggregate), 0.05–0.25 (micro-aggregate), and
H.R. Motaghian; A. Hosseinpour
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Change in microorganism activity and chemical properties can be affect on availability and fractionation of Copper (Cu). This research was conducted to investigate the availability and fractionation of Cu in the bean rhizosphere and bulk soils in 10 calcareous soils using rhizobox at greenhouse. Total ...
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Change in microorganism activity and chemical properties can be affect on availability and fractionation of Copper (Cu). This research was conducted to investigate the availability and fractionation of Cu in the bean rhizosphere and bulk soils in 10 calcareous soils using rhizobox at greenhouse. Total organic carbon (TOC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), microbial biomass carbon (MBC), pH, available Cu (by using 7 chemical extractants) and Cu-fractions were determined in the rhizosphere and bulk soils. The results indicated that in the bean rhizosphere soils, TOC, DOC and MBC increased significantly (p
alireza hosseinpuor; H.R. Motaghian
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The amount of available micronutrients such as zinc (Zn) is a primary concern in treated soils with sewage sludge. This study was performed to evaluate Zn availability (DTPA-TEA, Mehlich 1 and Mehlich 3) and its fractionation in soils before and after treated with sewage sludge (1% w/w) and after wheat ...
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The amount of available micronutrients such as zinc (Zn) is a primary concern in treated soils with sewage sludge. This study was performed to evaluate Zn availability (DTPA-TEA, Mehlich 1 and Mehlich 3) and its fractionation in soils before and after treated with sewage sludge (1% w/w) and after wheat plantation in greenhouse conditions. The results of this study showed that mean of Zn extracted by using chemical extractants after sewage sludge application increased significant (P0.05). The results of fractionation showed that residual Zn, exchangeable Zn, Zn associated with organic matter, Zn associated with iron-manganese oxides, and Zn associated with carbonates increased 11, 26, 94, 172, and 279% respectively. The results of mean comparison showed that different between mean of Zn fractions (except Zn associated with iron-manganese oxides) before and after planting was significant (P
