镉锌交互作用对玉米幼苗生理生化特性的影响

以不同浓度的镉(Cd2 )、锌(Zn2 )处理玉米，研究CA、Zn单一及复合污染对幼苗生长及生理生化特性的影响．结果表明，随着Cd2 、Zn2 浓度的增加，CA、Zn单一及复合处理的根长，株高、根和地上部干重减少；根内丙二醛(MDA)积累增加，根系活力和叶片硝酸还原酶活性下降，叶绿素含量降低，Cd、Zn交互作用显示出协同作用的趋势。     

微波消解-微分电位溶出法测定淡水鱼中镉含量

为镉的检测寻求一种快速、简便的新方法。通过玻碳悬汞电极测定淡水鱼中镉含量,考查了电沉积电位、电沉积时间、平衡电位、平衡时间对测定结果的影响。结果：当pH值为1.0～2.5、电沉积电位为-1.25V、电沉积时间为60s、平衡电位为-1.0V、平衡时间为30s时,测定结果最好。测定镉的线性范围为0～16ng,检出限为0.24ng/mL,回收率为98.6%～101.2%,相对标准偏差为2.4%。该法操作快速、简便,结果准确、可靠。     

耐镉根瘤菌的筛选

采用液体培养基摇床培养根瘤菌,研究了Cd处理对根瘤菌生长的影响.依时间进程测定培养液在600nm吸光度并绘制根瘤菌生长曲线.筛选到一株耐Cd根瘤菌菌株X.5和10 μmol/L Cd处理48h对苜蓿根瘤菌标准菌株USDA生长抑制率分别为38%和58%,而此浓度Cd处理对X菌株生长具有一定的促进作用.BTB反应鉴定结果表明,菌株USDA和X均为快生型根瘤菌.     

不同土地利用类型下土壤-作物镉含量积累及其健康风险分析

镉(Cd)是一种剧毒重金属元素,可引起呼吸系统、肾损伤等多种疾病,对人体毒性极高,可通过多种途径暴露于人体,危害人体健康。土壤-植物-食品-人的迁移途径在人类对环境镉的暴露中占主导地位。近年来,Cd通过饮食途径对人体健康造成的风险日益引起人们的关注和重视。本文在对研究区不同土地利用类型下土壤和作物进行大规模采样调查的基础上,对其蔬菜、水稻、旱地、果园等4种土地类型土壤及其种植作物中镉含量积累进行了研究。结果表明,菜地和水稻地有明显的污染超标现象,其中菜地土壤镉含量最高。根据不同土地利用类型下各作物镉富集系数,进行聚类分析,比较其对镉富集能力的差异,结果表明水稻地稻米镉的富集能力最高,单独划为一类。利用定性风险分析技术,对不同土地利用类型下土壤镉对人体健康的风险商值进行了计算,结果表明不同土地类型下,作物镉风险商值为水稻>深色蔬菜>浅色蔬菜>水果>玉米。镉对个人致癌年风险的计算结果表明,水稻个人年致癌风险为0.6270×10^-4/年,高于防护委员会(ICRP)推荐的最大可接受年风险水平0.5×10^-4/年,为不可接受水平,居民面临较大的致癌风险,应采取积极措施对研究区土壤镉污染进行治理和修复。     

Interaction of salinity and cadmium stresses on mineral nutrients,sodium, and cadmium accumulation in four barley genotypes

Interaction of salinity （NaCI） and cadmium （Cd） on growth, mineral nutrients, Na and Cd accumulation in four barley genotypes differing in salt tolerance was studied in a hydroponic experiment. Cd, NaCI and their combined stresses reduced Ca and Mg concentrations in roots and shoots, K concentration in shoots, increased K and Cu concentrations in roots relative to control, but had non-significant effect on micronutrients Cu, Fe and Mn concentrations in shoot. The three stresses reduced accumulation of most tested nutrients in both roots and shoots, except NaCI and NaCl＋Cd stresses for root K and shoot Cu accumulation in salt tolerant genotypes. The salt tolerant genotypes did not have higher nutrient concentration and accumulation than the sensitive ones when exposed to Cd and NaCI stresses. In conclusion, the affecting mechanism of Cd stress on nutrients was to some extent different from salinity stress, and the NaCl＋Cd stress was not equal to additional Cd and NaCI stresses, probably due to the different valence and competitive site of Na^＋ and Cd^2＋. NaCI addition in the Cd-containing medium caused remarkable reductions in both Cd concentration and accumulation, with the extent of reduction being also dependent on genotypes. The salt-tolerant genotypes had lower Na concentration than sensitive ones.     

Accumulation and distribution of arsenic and cadmium by tea plants

It is important to research the rules about accumulation and distribution of arsenic and cadmium by tea plants, which will give us some scientific ideas about how to control the contents of arsenic and cadmium in tea. In this study, by field inves- tigation and pot trial, we found that mobility of arsenic and cadmium in tea plants was low. Most arsenic and cadmium absorbed were fixed in feeding roots and only small amount was transported to the above-ground parts. Distribution of arsenic and cadmium, based on their concentrations of unit dry matter, in tea plants grown on un-contaminated soil was in the order: feeding roots>stems≈main roots>old leaves>young leaves. When tea plants were grown on polluted soils simulated by adding salts of these two metals, feeding roots possibly acted as a buffer and defense, and arsenic and cadmium were transported less to the above- ground parts. The concentration of cadmium in soil significantly and negatively correlated with chlorophyll content, photosyn- thetic rate, transpiration rate and biomass production of tea plants.     

微波消解石墨炉原子吸收法测定蔬菜中的痕量镉

采用微波消化技术，以自吸背景校正方式，在硝酸介质中，NH4H2PO4和Mg(NO3)2混合物为基体改进剂，直接用石墨炉原子吸收法测定了蔬菜中的镉，并研究了最佳的实验条件．该法在0-6μg／L范围内呈良好的线性关系，检出限为0．16μg／L，回收率为96．4％-103．8oA．用于蔬菜中痕量镉的测定，结果满意。     

Effect of cadmium on growth and photosynthesis of tomato seedlings

A hydroponic experiment carried out to study the effect of five Cd levels on growth and photosynthesis of two tomato cultivars showed that the addition of 0.1 μmol/L Cd induced a slight increase in plant height of Hezuo 903 and the SPAD (the Soil-Plant Analyses Development) value of the 2 cultivars. However, at higher Cd levels, i.e., 1 and 10 μmol/L, root length and volume, plant height, and SPAD value were all significantly reduced. On an average of the 2 cultivars, exposure to 1 and 10μmol/L Cd for 33 d reduced plant height by 18.9% and 46.4% and SPAD value by 11.2% and 31.6%, compared with control,respectively. Similarly, root length was reduced by 41.1% and 25.8% and root volume by 45.2% and 63.7%, respectively. The addition of Cd in the growth medium also had significant deleterious effect on net photosynthetic rate (Pn) and intracellular CO2concentration (Ci), with Pn being reduced by 27.2% and 62.1% at 1 μmol/L and 10 μmol/L Cd treatments compared to the control,respectively, while Ci increased correspondingly by 28.4% and 39.3%.     

An Arabidopsis mutant atcsr-2 exhibits high cadmium stress sensitivity involved in the restriction of H2S emission

The gene AtCSR encodes peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerases (PPIases) that accelerate energetically unfavorable cis/trans isomerization of the peptide bond preceding proline production.In our studies,we found that AtCSR was associated with cadmium (Cd)-sensitive response in Arabidopsis.Our results show that AtCSR expression was triggered by Cd-stress in wild type Arabidopsis.The expression of some genes responsible for Cd2+ transportation into vacuoles was induced,and the expression of the iron-regulated transporter 1 (IRT1) related to Cd2+ absorption from the environment was not induced in wild type with Cd2+ treatment.The expression of Cd-transportation related genes was not in response to Cd-stress,whereas IRT expression increased dramatically in atcsr-2 with Cd2+ treatment.The expression of glutathione 1 (GSH1) was consistent with GSH being much lower in atcsr-2 in comparison with the wild type with Cd2+ treatment.Additionally,malondialdehyde (MDA),hydrogen peroxide,and Cd2+ contents,and activities of some antioxidative enzymes,differed between the wild type and atcsr-2.Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has been confirmed as the third gas-transmitter over recent years.The findings revealed that the expression pattern of H2 S-releasing related genes and that of Cd-induced chelation and transportation genes matched well in the wild type and atcsr-2,and H2S could regulate the expression of the Cd-induced genes and alleviate Cd-triggered toxicity.Finally,one possible suggestion was given:down-regulation of atcsr-2,depending on H2S gas-transmitter not only weakened Cd2+ chelation,but also reduced Cd2+ transportation into vacuoles,as well as enhancing the Cd2+ assimilation,thus rendering atcsr-2 mutant sensitive to Cd-stress.     

Cadmium accumulation in different pakchoi cultivars and screening for pollution-safe cultivars

The selection and breeding of pollution-safe cultivars (PSCs) is a practicable and cost-effective approach to minimize the influx of heavy metal to the human food chain. In this study, both pot-culture and field experiments were conducted to identify and screen out cadmium pollution-safe cultivars (Cd-PSCs) from 50 pakchoi (Brassica rapa L. ssp. chinensis) cultivars for food safety. When treated with 1.0 or 2.5 mg/kg Cd, most of the pakchoi cultivars (>70%) showed greater or similar shoot biomass when compared with the control. This result indicates that pakchoi has a considerable tolerance to soil Cd stress. Cd concentrations in the shoot varied significantly (P<0.05) between cultivars: in two Cd treatments (1.0 and 2.5 mg/kg), the average values were 0.074 and 0.175 mg/kg fresh weight (FW), respectively. Cd concentrations in the shoots of 14 pakchoi cultivars were lower than 0.05 mg/kg FW. In pot-culture experiments, both enrichment factors (EFs) and translocation factors (TFs) of six pakchoi cultivars were lower than 1.0. The field studies further confirmed that the Hangzhouyoudonger, Aijiaoheiye 333, and Zaoshenghuajing cultivars are Cd-PSCs, and are therefore suitable for growth in low Cd-contaminated soils (≤1.2 mg/kg) without any risk to food safety.