Metal accumulation by Arabidopsis halleri subsp. gemmifera at a limestone mining site
Aki Kosugi A , Jun Tamaru B , Kazumi Gotou B , Hazuka Y. Furihata C , Akifumi Shimizu B , Akira Kawabe C and Emiko Harada B D
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A Environmental Science Graduate School, The University of Shiga Prefecture, 2500, Hassaka-cho, Hikone-City, Shiga 522-8533, Japan.
B School of Environmental Science, The University of Shiga Prefecture, 2500, Hassaka-cho, Hikone-City, Shiga 522-8533, Japan.
C Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-Ku, Kyoto-City 603-8555, Japan.
D Corresponding author. Email: harada.e@ses.usp.ac.jp
Australian Journal of Botany 63(2) 134-140 https://doi.org/10.1071/BT14242
Submitted: 15 September 2014 Accepted: 12 January 2015 Published: 17 April 2015
Abstract
Arabidopsis halleri subsp. gemmifera, a close wild relative of A. thaliana in eastern Asia, is an important model species of Brassicaceae used to study cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) tolerance and hyperaccumulation in plants. To investigate the effects of soil factors on metal accumulation in this plant, we collected plants and rhizosphere soil samples from a limestone mining site on Mount Ibuki, and compared them with those collected from non-calcareous soil in Japan. Irrespective of the sampling site, all the plants efficiently accumulated Cd in shoot tissues. The plants growing on non-calcareous soil also accumulated Zn in shoot tissues, but shoot Zn concentration in plants growing on calcareous soils was below the level required for hyperaccumulators. The pH of calcareous soil samples was between 7.68 and 8.21. Total Zn contents were similar in calcareous and non-calcareous soils, but the amounts of Zn extractable by 0.1 M HCl were lower in calcareous than in non-calcareous soil. These results indicate that the properties of calcareous soil affect metal accumulation in plants.
Additional keywords: cadmium, calcareous soil, hyperaccumulator, zinc.
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