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Influence of fine process particles enriched with metals and metalloids on Lactuca sativa L. leaf fatty acid composition following air and/or soil-plant field exposure
- Source :
- Environmental Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Elsevier, 2013, 179, pp.242-249. ⟨10.1016/j.envpol.2013.04.024⟩, Environmental Pollution, 2013, 179, pp.242-249. ⟨10.1016/j.envpol.2013.04.024⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2013.
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Abstract
- International audience; We investigate the effect of both foliar and root uptake of a mixture of metal(loid)s on the fatty acid composition of plant leaves. Our objectives are to determine whether both contamination pathways have a similar effect and whether they interact. Lactuca sativa L. were exposed to fine process particles enriched with metal(loid)s in an industrial area. Data from a first experiment were used to conduct an exploratory statistical analysis which findings were successfully cross-validated by using the data from a second one. Both foliar and root pathways impact plant leaf fatty acid composition and do not interact. Z index (dimensionless quantity), weighted product of fatty acid concentration ratios was built up from the statistical analyses. It provides new insights on the mechanisms involved in metal uptake and phytotoxicity. Plant leaf fatty acid composition is a robust and fruitful approach to detect and understand the effects of metal(loid) contamination on plants.
- Subjects :
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
0211 other engineering and technologies
Lactuca
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
Toxicology
01 natural sciences
Soil
Magnoliopsida
Mixture of metal(loid)s
Soil Pollutants
Metalloids
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
[SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment
chemistry.chemical_classification
Ecologie, Environnement
Air Pollutants
021110 strategic, defence & security studies
biology
Fatty Acids
Fatty acid
Soil chemistry
food and beverages
General Medicine
Lettuce
Contamination
biology.organism_classification
Statistical index
Pollution
Plant Leaves
chemistry
Metals
13. Climate action
Environmental chemistry
Soil water
Phytotoxicity
Metalloid
Uptake pathways
Leaf fatty acid composition
Environmental Monitoring
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02697491 and 18736424
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Environmental Pollution
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ae70bac76fdf3ef0f37b99701ca0bc62