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Accumulation and Distribution Characteristics of Zinc and Cadmium in the Hyperaccumulator Plant Sedum plumbizincicola

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Accumulation and distribution of Zn and Cd in the hyperaccumulator plant Sedum plumbizincicola were investigated in a hydroponic experiment. Mean Cd and Zn concentrations in shoots (7,010 and 18,400 mg kg−1) were about sevenfold and fivefold higher than those in roots (840 and 3,000 mg kg−1) after exposure to 100 μM CdSO4 and 600 μM ZnSO4, respectively. Cd and Zn concentrations in young leaves (4,330 and 9,820 mg kg−1) were about sixfold and twofold higher than those in mature leaves (636 and 2,620 mg kg−1), respectively. MicroPIXE analysis showed that Zn was predominantly localized in epidermal cells in both young and mature leaves, but large amounts of Zn occurred in mesophyll cells in young leaves. Leaf tissue fractionation showed that soluble and cell wall fractions were different at the two stages of leaf growth. Young and mature leaves of S. plumbizincicola also showed different accumulation and distribution characteristics for Zn and Cd.

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This work was jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41271326), the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, and AINSE awards (AINGRA 08079). We thank Professor AJM Baker (Universities of Melbourne and Brisbane, Australia) for his help in improving this paper.

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  1. Civil and Environmental Engineering School, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Dong Cao

  2. Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100083, China

    Dong Cao & Hongzheng Zhang

  3. School of Botany, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia

    Yaodong Wang

  4. Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China

    Leina Zheng

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Cao, D., Zhang, H., Wang, Y. et al. Accumulation and Distribution Characteristics of Zinc and Cadmium in the Hyperaccumulator Plant Sedum plumbizincicola . Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 93, 171–176 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-014-1284-8

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