Invasive plant-derived biochar inhibits sulfamethazine uptake by lettuce in soil

Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Meththika Vithanage, Jung Eun Lim, Mohamed Bedair M. Ahmed, Ming Zhang, Sang Soo Lee, Yong Sik Ok

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Abstract

Veterinary antibiotics are frequently detected in soils posing potential contamination of food crops. Sulfamethazine (SMT) uptake was investigated by lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) grown in the soils treated with/without biochar derived from an invasive plant, burcucumber (Sicyos angulatus L.) (BBC700). Soils were contaminated with SMT at 5 and 50mgkg-1, and treated with/without 5% BBC700 (ww-1). The lettuces were harvested after 5weeks of cultivation and were analyzed for SMT by a high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry after solid-phase extraction. With 5% BBC700, the uptake of SMT was reduced by 86% in the soil spiked with 5mgkg-1 SMT compared to the control whereas a 63% reduction was observed in the soil spiked with 50mgkg-1 SMT. Application of BBC700, into soils effectively reduced the SMT uptake by lettuce.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)500-504
Number of pages5
JournalChemosphere
Volume111
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014 Sept
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Availability
  • Black carbon
  • Charcoal
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Soil amendment
  • Sulfonamides

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Chemistry(all)
  • Pollution
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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