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Influence of Vetiver Grass (Vetiveria zizanioides) on Rhizosphere Chemistry in Long-term Contaminated Soils  

Kim, Kwon-Rae (Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation, University of South Australia)
Owens, Gary (Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation, University of South Australia)
Naidu, Ravi (Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation, University of South Australia)
Kim, Kye-Hoon (Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of Seoul)
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Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer / v.41, no.1, 2008 , pp. 55-64 More about this Journal
Abstract
A detailed understanding and appreciation of the important mechanisms operating at the soil:root interface, commonly identified as the rhizosphere, is critical for evaluating the potential for particular plant species to be successfully used as part of a phytoremediation technique. For specific plants, mechanisms may exist to overcome the inherit limitation of the phytoremediation technique when poorly mobile soil metals are of interest. In the present study, the influence of root exudates on the rhizosphere chemistry of soil and consequential metal uptake were investigated following culture of vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides), recognized as a promising plant for land stabilization, in three different long-term contaminated soils and one non-contaminated control soil. The soil solution pH increased (0.3-1.1 units) following vetiver grass culture and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) also significantly increased in all soils with the highest increase in PP02 (23 to $173mg\;L^{-1}$). Chemical changes are contributed to root exudation by vetiver grass when exposed to high concentration of heavy metals. Chemical changes, consequently, influenced metal (Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn) solubility and speciation in the rhizosphere. The highest solubility was observed for soil Ko01 (eg. 2091 and $318{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$ for Cd and Pb, respectively). Initial heavy metal solubility in soils varied with soil and either increased or decreased following vetiver grass culture depending on the soil type. An increase in pH following plant culture generally resulted in a decrease in metal solubility, while elevated DOC due to root exudation resulted in an increase in metal solubility via the formation of metal-DOC complexes. Donnan speciation demonstrated a significant decrease in free Cd and Zn in the rhizosphere and the concentration of Cd, Pb, and Zn in vetiver grass shoot was highly correlated with soluble concentration rather than total soil metal concentration.
Keywords
Dissolved organic carbon(DOC); Heavy metals; Phytoremediation; Root exudates; Solubility; Donnan speciation;
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