Growth and Trace Element Concentrations of Five Plant Species Grown in a Highly Saline Soil

Kesterson Reservoir and other impoundments in the San Joaquin Valley, California, have received large volumes of saline irrigation drainage water that is enriched with trace elements, including As, B, Mo, Se, U, and V. When these ponds are allowed to dry and revert to terrestrial ecosystemms, careful soil water and vegetation management may be needed to prevent toxicological hazards to wildlife and/or livestock. We conducted a 248-d column study in the greenhouse using a soil from Kesterson to assess the growth of salt-and B-tolerant genotypes, and to determine the uptake of As, B, Mo, Se, U and V by these genotypes (...)