Skip to main content

Copper availability assessment of Cu-contaminated vineyard soils using black oat cultivation and chemical extractants

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment volume 186, pages 9051–9063 (2014)Cite this article

Abstract

Grapevines grown on acid soils with low fertility in southern Brazil are treated with intense foliar applications of copper (Cu) fungicides, resulting in an increased level of Cu in the soil and increased toxicity. The present study evaluated the accumulation and bioavailability of Cu, and soils with varying levels of Cu from the main producing regions of southern Brazil were collected. The forms of Cu present in the soil were assessed using chemical extractants; additionally, oat cultivation was performed, reflecting the use of the plant as an indicator of Cu bioavailability. Cu accumulated in the topsoil, mainly in bioavailable forms, and there was also an increase of Cu up to a depth of 0.4 m. Cu was primarily found in the mineral fraction, with apparent saturation of the soil organic matter functional groups. Inceptisol and Alfisol soils with a long history of cupric fungicide application were found to have levels of Cu toxic to oat plants. Furthermore, accumulated copper in Alfisol soil from the Campanha Gaúcha region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul had higher bioavailability compared to Cu accumulated in Inceptisol soil from the Serra Gaúcha region. In addition, the copper concentration in roots was found to serve as an indicator of Cu bioavailability in soil, but not of copper phytotoxicity in plants.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.

Access options

Buy single article

Instant access to the full article PDF.

43,34 €

Price includes VAT (Finland)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Fig. 1

References

  • Arias-Estévez, M., Nóvoa-Muñoz, J. C., Pateiro, M., & López-Periago, E. (2007). Influence of aging on copper fractionation in an acid soil. Soil Science, 172, 225–232.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Banas, D., Marin, B., Skraber, S., Chopin, E. I. B., & Zanella, A. (2010). Copper mobilization affected by weather conditions in a storm water detention system receiving runoff waters from vineyard soils (Champagne, France). Environmental Pollution, 158, 476–482.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Brun, L. A., Maillet, J., Richarte, J., Herrmann, P., & Rémy, J. C. (1998). Relationships between extractable copper, soil properties and copper uptake by wild plants in vineyard soils. Environmental Pollution, 102, 151–161.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Brun, L. A., Maillet, J., Hinsinger, P., & Pépin, M. (2001). Evaluation of copper availability to plants in copper-contaminated vineyard soils. Environmental Pollution, 111, 293–302.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Brunetto, G., Ceretta, C. A., Kaminski, J., Melo, G. W. B., Lourenzi, C. R., Furlanetto, V., & Moraes, A. (2007). Aplicação de nitrogênio em videiras na Campanha Gaúcha: produtividade e características químicas do mosto da uva. Ciência Rural, 37, 389–393.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Casali, C. A., Moterle, D. F., Rheinheimer, D. S., Brunetto, G., Corcini, A. L. M., & Kaminski, J. (2008). Copper forms and desorption in soils under grapevine in the Serra Gaúcha of Rio Grande do Sul. Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 32, 1479–1487 (in Portuguese with English abstract).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Cattani, I., Fragoulis, G., Boccelli, R., & Capri, E. (2006). Copper bioavailability in the rhizosphere of maize (Zea mays L.) grown in two Italian soils. Chemosphere, 64, 1972–1979.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • CEC (Commission of the European Communities). (1986). Council directive on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture. Official Journal of the European Communities, 181 (Annex 1A).

  • Chaignon, V., & Hinsinger, P. A. (2003). Biotest for evaluating copper bioavailability to plants in a contaminated soil. Journal of Environmental Quality, 32, 824–833.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Chaignon, V., Sanchez-Neira, I., Hermann, P., Jaillard, B., & Hinsinger, P. (2003). Copper bioavailability and extractability as related to chemical properties of contaminated soils from a vine-growing area. Environmental Pollution, 123, 229–238.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Chaignon, V., Quesnoit, M., & Hinsinger, P. (2009). Copper availability and bioavailability are controlled by rhizosphere pH in rape grown in an acidic Cu-contaminated soil. Environmental Pollution, 157, 3363–3369.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Citeau, L., Lamy, I., Van Oort, F., & Elsass, F. (2003). Colloidal facilitated transfer of metals in soils under different land use. Colloids Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 217, 11–19.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • CONAMA (Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente). Resolução no. 420, de 28 de dezembro e. (2009). http://www.mma.gov.br/port/conama/legiabre.cfm?codlegi=620/. Acessado em 20 Janeiro de 2010.

  • CQFS-RS/SC (Commission of Soil Chemistry and Fertility of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul States) Liming and fertilizing manual for the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. Brazilian Society of Soil Science. (2004). (in Portuguese).

  • Croué, J. P., Benedetti, M. F., Violleau, D., & Leenheer, J. A. (2003). Characterization and copper binding of humic and nonhumic organic matter isolated from the South Platte River: evidence for the presence of nitrogenous binding site. Environmental Science & Technology, 37, 328–336.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Embrapa (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária) (1997). Manual de métodos de análises de solo, 2.ed. Rio de Janeiro, Ministério da Agricultura e do Abastecimento, 212p. (in Portuguese).

  • Embrapa (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária) (2009). Manual de analises químicas de solos plantas e fertilizantes, 2.ed. Brasília, 627p. (in Portuguese).

  • EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) (1996). Method 3050B. Acid digestion of sediments, sludges, and soils. http://www.epa.gov/sw-846/pdfs/3005A.pdf. Accessed 20 Apr 2006.

  • Feng, M. H., Shan, X. Q., Zhang, S., & Wen, B. (2005). A comparison of the rhizosphere based method with DTPA, EDTA, CaCl2, and NaNO3 extraction methods for prediction of bioavailability of metals in soil to barley. Environmental Pollution, 137, 231–240.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Fernández-Calviño, D., Rodríguez-Suárez, J. A., López-Periago, E., Arias-Estévez, M., & Simal-Gándara, J. (2008). Copper content of soils and river sediments in a winegrowing area, and its distribution among soil or sediment components. Geoderma, 145, 91–97.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fernández-Calviño, D., Nóvoa-Muñoz, J. C., Díaz-Raviña, M., & Arias-Estévez, M. (2009). Copper accumulation and fractionation in vineyard soils from temperate humid zone (NW Iberian Peninsula). Geoderma, 153, 119–129.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gupta, M., Cuypers, A., Vangronsvelo, J., & Clijsters, H. (1999). Copper affects the enzymes of the ascorbate-glutathione cycle and its related metabolites in the roots of Phaseolus vulgaris. Plant Physiology, 106, 262–267.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Han, F. X., Hargreaves, J., Kingery, W. L., Huggett, D. B., & Schlenk, D. K. (2001). Accumulation, distribution and toxicity of copper in soils of catfish pond receiving periodic copper sulfate applications. Journal of Environmental Quality, 30, 912–919.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jamali, M. K., Kazi, T. G., Arain, M. B., Afridi, H., Jalbani, N., & Memon, A. R. (2007). Heavy metal contents of vegetables grown in soil, irrigated with mixtures of wastewater and sewage sludge in Pakistan, using ultrasonic-assisted pseudo-digestion. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 193, 218–228.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kaminski, J., Gatiboni, L. C., Rheinheimer, D. S., Martins, J. R., Santos, E. J. S., & Titssot, C. A. (2002). Estimativa da acidez potencial em solos e sua implicação no cálculo da necessidade de calagem. Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 26, 1107–1113 (in Portuguese with English abstract).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Komárek, M., Száková, J., Rohošková, M., Javorská, H., Chrastný, V., & Balík, J. (2008). Copper contamination of vineyard soils from small wine producers: a case study from the Czech Republic. Geoderma, 147, 16–22.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lima, M. C., Giacomelli, M. B. O., Stüpp, V., & Roberge, F. D. (2001). Especiação de cobre e chumbo em sedimento do rio tubarão (SC) pelo método Tessier. Quimica Nova, 24, 734–742 (in Portuguese with English abstract).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • McBride, M. B. (2001). Cupric ion activity in peat soil as a toxicity indicator for maize. Journal of Environmental Quality, 30, 78–84.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mello, L. M. R. (2005). Vineyard Inventory for Rio Grande do Sul: 2001 to 2004. National Research Center of Grapes and Wine, Ibravin, Brazil. (in Portuguese).

  • Michaud, A. M., Bravin, M. N., Galleguillos, M., & Hinsinger, P. (2007). Copper uptake and phytotoxicity as assessed in situ for durum wheat (Triticum turgidum durum L.) cultivated in Cu contaminated, former vineyard soils. Plant and Soil, 298, 99–111.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mirlean, N., Roisenberg, A., & Chies, J. O. (2007). Metal contamination of vineyard soils in wet subtropics (southern Brazil). Environmental Pollution, 149, 10–17.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mirlean, N., Baisch, P., & Medeanic, S. (2009). Copper bioavailability and fractionation in copper contaminated sandy soils in the wet subtropics (southern Brazil). Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 82, 373–377.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Nachtigall, G. R., Nogueirol, R. C., & Alleoni, L. R. F. (2007). Formas de cobre em solos de vinhedos em função do pH e da adição de cama-de-frango. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 42, 427–434 (in Portuguese with English abstract).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Nogueirol, R. C., Alleoni, L. R. F., Nachtigall, G. R., & Melo, G. W. (2010). Sequential extraction and availability of copper in Cu fungicide-amended vineyard soils from Southern Brazil. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 181, 931–937.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Nolan, A. L., Mclaughlin, M. J., & Mason, S. D. (2003). Chemical speciation of Zn, Cd, Cu and Pb in pore waters of agricultural and contaminated soils using donnan dialysis. Environmental Science & Technology, 37, 90–98.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Pérez-Novo, C., Fernández-Calvino, D., Nóvoa-Munoz, J. C., López-Periago, E., & Arias-Estévez, M. (2008). Acid–base adjustment and chemical fractionation to assess copper availability in Spanish vineyards soils and sediments. Soil Science, 173, 807–819.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pietrzak, U., & Mcphail, D. C. (2004). Copper accumulation, distribution and fractionation in vineyard soils of Victoria, Australia. Geoderma, 122, 151–166.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ponthieu, M. (2003). Spéciation des éléments traces métalliques dans les sols et les solutions des sols: du modèle au terrain. Thèse de l’Univ. d’Aix Marseille III. 252p.

  • Rheinheimer, D. S., Labanowski, J., Elsass, F., Cambier, P., Santos, M. A. S., & Tessier, D. (2007). Heavy metal transport modelling in soil: sorption/desorption phenomena, water fluxes and contaminant fate. Tópicos Especiais em Ciência do Solo, 5, 135–180.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sena, M. M., Frighetto, R. T. S., Valarini, P. J., Tokeshi, H., & Poppi, R. J. (2002). Discrimination of management effects on soil parameters by using principal component analysis: a multivariate analysis case study. Soil and Tillage Research, 67, 171–181.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Shoemaker, H. E., Mclean, E. O., & Pratt, P. F. (1961). Buffer methods for determining the lime requirement of soils with appreciable amounts of extractable aluminum. Soil Science Society of America Proceedings, 25, 274–277.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Sodré, F. F., Lenzi, E., & Costa, A. C. (2001). Utilização de modelos físico-químicos de adsorção no estudo do comportamento do cobre em solos argilosos. Quimica Nova, 24, 324–330 (in Portuguese).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Soil Survey Staff. (1999). Soil taxonomy, 2nd edn. United States Department of Agriculture (Ed.), Washington.

  • Tedesco, M. J., Gianello, C., Bissani, C. A., Bohnen, H., & Volkweiss, S. J. (1995). Analyses of soils, plants and other materials. Department of Soils, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Porto Alegre. (in Portuguese).

  • Tessier, A., Campbell, P. G. C., & Bisson, M. (1979). Sequential extraction procedure for the speciation of particulate trace metals. Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 51, 844–850.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Toselli, M., Schiatti, P., Ara, D., Bertacchini, A., & Quartieri, M. (2009). The accumulation of copper in soils of the Italian region Emilia-Romagna. Plant, Soil and Environment, 55, 74–79.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Viti, D. C., Quaranta, R., Dephilippis, G., Corti, A., Agnelli, R., Cuniglio, L., & Giovannetti, L. (2008). Characterizing cultivable soil microbial communities from copper fungicide amended olive orchard and vineyard soils. World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology, 24, 309–318.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Affiliations

  1. Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul, Câmpus Ibirubá, Rua Profª Nelsi Ribas Fritsch, no. 1111, Bairro Esperança, 98200-000, Ibirubá, RS, Caixa Postal 121, Brazil

    Eduardo Girotto

  2. Departamento de Ciência do Solo, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil

    Carlos A. Ceretta, Gustavo Brunetto, Alcione Miotto, Tadeu L. Tiecher, Lessandro De Conti, Cledimar R. Lourenzi, Felipe Lorensini, Paulo I. Gubiani & Leandro S. da Silva

  3. Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, 97105-900, Brazil

    Fernando T. Nicoloso

Authors
  1. Eduardo Girotto
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Carlos A. Ceretta
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Gustavo Brunetto
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Alcione Miotto
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Tadeu L. Tiecher
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Lessandro De Conti
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Cledimar R. Lourenzi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Felipe Lorensini
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Paulo I. Gubiani
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. Leandro S. da Silva
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  11. Fernando T. Nicoloso
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Eduardo Girotto.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and Permissions

About this article

Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Girotto, E., Ceretta, C.A., Brunetto, G. et al. Copper availability assessment of Cu-contaminated vineyard soils using black oat cultivation and chemical extractants. Environ Monit Assess 186, 9051–9063 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-4065-2

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-4065-2

Keywords

  • Heavy metals
  • Fractionation chemistry
  • Environmental contamination
  • Bioavailability of metals
  • Vitis sp.