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To screen out plants with hyperaccumulation of heavy metals and explore the effects of root exudates on the phytoremediation in contaminated soils. The germination rates of five plants including Lolium perenne L. (L. perenne), Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf. (S. sudanense), Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng. (P. alopecuroides), Medicago sativa L. (M. sativa), and Trifolium repens L. (T. repens) in different concentrations of cadmium ion solution (0–100 mg/kg) were determined. The growth adaptability of these five plants under conditions of contaminated soils with the above cadmium ion concentrations was also evaluated. S. sudanense and P. alopecuroides had higher germination rates and better growth than the three other plants and were selected as the latter experimental varieties. The activation amounts of cadmium ion in soils were measured using AAS in the presence of three types of root secretions (citric acid, glycine, and maltose) with different concentrations (10–500 mmol/L). The activation amounts decrease in the following order: citric acid > glycine > maltose. The effect of these three root exudates on the removal of cadmium-contaminated soils in combination with S. sudanense and P. alopecuroides was also tested. For S. sudanense and P. alopecuroides, the maximum biomass and removal rate reaches the maximum at 100 mmol/L of citric acid. Conversely, low concentrations (approximately 10–50 mmol/L) of glycine and maltose are more effective for plant growth and phytoremediation. The addition of citric acid at 100 mmol/L and approximately 10–50 mmol/L of glycine and maltose can effectively promote the transfer of cadmium ion from roots to leaves and the accumulation of cadmium ion in leaves.
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The authors were given financial support from the “13th five-year” National Major Science and Technology Project of China (No. 2016ZX05040-002).
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Chen, C., Li, Z., Li, S. et al. Effects of root exudates on the activation and remediation of cadmium ion in contaminated soils. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 2926–2934 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-07263-8
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