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Vanadium Pentoxide Phytotoxicity: Effects of Species Selection and Nutrient Concentration

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Vanadium concentrations in soil can be increased through anthropogenic inputs and can be harmful to plants. A Petri dish experiment was conducted to assess the effect of vanadium toxicity on the germination and survival of the garden lettuce, Lactuca sativa. A second study was conducted in a greenhouse to investigate the influence of species selection and nutrient concentration on the toxicity of vanadium pentoxide to plants. L. sativa and four non-crop native plant species, two grasses (Elymus virginicus and Panicum virgatum) and two broad-leaved species (Lycopus americanus and Prunella vulgaris) were selected. Artificial soil was used in both experiments, and a geometric progression of five vanadium concentrations plus controls was selected for the soil treatments. Results of the Petri dish experiment showed that seedling survival is a less sensitive end point than above-ground dry weight (DW) as measured in the greenhouse experiment. Nutrient level (100, 10, and 1 kg/ha) was found to strongly influence vanadium toxicity in the greenhouse study. At 100 kg/ha, plant tolerance to vanadium was greatest, as indicated by higher no-observed, lowest-observed, and percentage effect concentration values. Results showed that forbs (L. americanus and P. vulgaris) tended to be more sensitive than both the crop (L. sativa) and grasses (E. virginicus and P. virgatum) at high concentrations of vanadium. Soil concentrations resulting in a 25 % decrease in shoot DW were generally less than the Canadian soil quality guideline for vanadium, suggesting that 130 mg/kg may not be protective of the Canadian native plant species used in this study.

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Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge the in-kind analytical support provided by Maxxam Analytics and Paracel Laboratories Ltd (Ottawa, ON). Thanks are also given to David Carpenter and all participants involved in the maintenance and set-up of the experiments. The present study received financial support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Industrial Research and Development Fellowship Program, and the Chemical Management Plan of Environment Canada.

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Smith, P.G., Boutin, C. & Knopper, L. Vanadium Pentoxide Phytotoxicity: Effects of Species Selection and Nutrient Concentration. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 64, 87–96 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-012-9806-z

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