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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Effects of Glomus mosseae on the toxicity of heavy metals to Vicia faba |
Author: | Zhang, X. Lin, A. Chen, B. Wang, Y. Smith, S. Smith, F. |
Citation: | Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2006; 18(4):721-726 |
Publisher: | I O S Press |
Issue Date: | 2006 |
ISSN: | 1001-0742 1878-7320 |
Abstract: | A glasshouse pot experiment was conducted to investigate effects of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus mosseae on the growth of Vicia faba and toxicity induced by heavy metals (HMs) (Cu, Zn, Pb and Cd) in a field soil contaminated by a mixture of these metals. There was also uninoculation treatment (NM) simultaneously. Mycorrhizal (GM) plants hav e significantlyincreased growth and tolerance to toxicity induced by heavy metals compared with NM plants. P uptake was significantly increased in GM plants. Mycorrhizal symbiosis reduced the transportation of HMs from root to shoot by immobilizing HMs in the mycorrhizal, shown by increasing the ratios of HMs from root to shoot. Oxidative stress, which can induce DNA damage, is an important mechanism of heavy metal toxicity. GM treatment decreased oxidative stress by intricating antioxidative systems such as peroxidases and non-enzymic systems including soluble protein. The DNA damage induced by heavy metals was detected using comet assay, which showed DNA damage in the plants was decreased by the GM treatment. |
Keywords: | Mycorrhizae Vicia faba Plant Roots DNA Damage Metals, Heavy Peroxidases Soil Pollutants Comet Assay Soil Microbiology Symbiosis Oxidative Stress |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Earth and Environmental Sciences publications |
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