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Differential response of Oryza sativa L. and Phragmites australis L. plants in trace elements contaminated soils under flooded and unflooded conditions

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Drastic changes in the water regime of trace elements (TEs) contaminated soils under semiarid conditions, from completely dry to flooding situations, may alter the solubility of the contaminants and, therefore, their potential mobility and availability to plants. Certain macrophyte species have shown a promising suitability for their use in the phytoremediation of TEs contaminated soils under fluctuating flooded–unflooded conditions, as a consequence of their high resistance and tolerance to contamination. Similarly, different water conditions occur during rice (Oryza sativa) cultivation, a species often used as a model plant for TEs toxicity studies. The aim of this work was to study the tolerance and oxidative response to TEs of common reed (Phragmites australis) and rice grown in contaminated mining soils, when exposed to different water saturation conditions. Both species (common reed and rice) were cultivated in three different contaminated soils from the Sierra Minera of La Unión-Cartagena (SE-Spain) under contrasting water saturation conditions (flooded and unflooded) in a pot experiment. Soil EC and elevated metal (mainly Cd and Zn) soluble concentrations conditioned the survival of the plants. Whereas, As accumulation in the aerial part of both species influenced the most oxidative stress homeostasis. Common reed showed to be a good candidate for its use in the phytostabilization of TEs contaminated soils under both flooded and unflooded conditions.

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This work was funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MCIU), the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) and the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER Funds) through the project RTI2018-100819-BI00.

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M.J. Álvarez-Robles contributed to conception and design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the article, approval of the version to be submitted for publication. M.P. Bernal contributed to conception and design, interpretation of data, revising the article, funding acquisition, supervision, approval of the version to be submitted for publication. R. Clemente contributed to conception and design, interpretation of data, drafting and revising the article, funding acquisition, supervision, approval of the version to be submitted for publication.

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Álvarez-Robles, M.J., Bernal, M.P. & Clemente, R. Differential response of Oryza sativa L. and Phragmites australis L. plants in trace elements contaminated soils under flooded and unflooded conditions. Environ Geochem Health 44, 99–115 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-021-00979-y

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