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Cadmium Buffering Capacity and Accumulation in Swiss Chard in Some Sludge‐Amended Soils
Author(s) -
Kuo S.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1990.03615995005400010013x
Subject(s) - cadmium , sorption , chemistry , soil water , environmental chemistry , heavy metals , adsorption , soil science , environmental science , organic chemistry
Cadmium sorption by soils could be an important factor regulating the plant availability of soil Cd. Five soils containing varying amounts of Cd resulting from previous sludge application were analyzed for residual Cd availability under field conditions using Swiss chard ( Beta vulgaris L.) as an indicator plant. The Cd accumulation was not highly correlated with DTPA (diethylene‐triamine‐pentaacetic acid)‐extractable Cd ( R 2 = 0.53). This result may be explained by a dissimilar response of plant Cd and DTPA Cd to soil pH. However, DTPA extracted 50 to 75% of sorbed Cd, depending on soil type. The recovery was little affected by the quantity of Cd sorbed. As such, DTPA Cd could be used to predict Cd accumulation by converting it to the quantity of Cd sorbed (Cd s ). The Cd s was combined with the pH‐dependent Cd buffering capacity (BC) to obtain Cd s /BC, an intensity factor for soil Cd. The buffering capacity is defined as the slope of the Cd‐sorption isotherm. The Cd s /BC and plant Cd were highly correlated over all the soils, using the Michaelis‐Menten equation as a model ( R 2 = 0.83).