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Plant uptake and translocation of highly weathered, soil‐bound technical chlordane residues: Data from field and rhizotron studies
Author(s) -
Mattina MaryJane Incorvia,
Eitzer Brian D.,
IannucciBerger William,
Lee WenYee,
White Jason C.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1897/03-570
Subject(s) - cucurbita pepo , chlordane , soil water , contamination , chemistry , environmental chemistry , horticulture , agronomy , botany , biology , pesticide , ecology
Abstract It has been observed that plants are susceptible to uptake from soil and in planta transport of technical chlordane, in spite of its hydrophobicity and sequestration within the soil matrix due to weathering. Field and rhizotron studies were conducted with Cucurbitaceae planted in highly weathered, chlordane‐contaminated soil to investigate details of soil‐to‐plant contaminant uptake. In the field‐work, Cucurbita pepo L. (zucchini) was grown in soil at four levels of chlordane contamination: Clean (