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Heavy metal domestication enhances beneficial effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on lead (Pb) phytoremediation efficiency of Bidens parviflora through improving plant growth and root Pb accumulation

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Native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) generally provide more effective assistance for phytoremediation to remove heavy metal (HM) from polluted soils than non-native AMF. Nevertheless, it is a time-consuming work to isolate, identify, and propagate AMF inoculum for practical application. This study aims to explore an alternative method to improve the phytoremediation efficiency of Bidens parviflora using domesticated AMF under HM stress condition for a certain period of time. Our results showed that Funneliformis mosseae inoculation alleviated oxidative damage to plant membranes by enhancing activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, and glutathione reductase. Furthermore, mycorrhizal plants had higher chlorophyll concentration, photosynthesis efficiency, and root Pb content to protect the aerial parts from damage. These protective mechanisms were found to be more efficient in domesticated AMF inoculation compared with non-domesticated AMF inoculation. Overall, this study suggests that F. mosseae domesticated for 12 months could greatly enhance plant root Pb accumulation and plant growth mainly through strengthening antioxidant defenses as well as the photosynthesis efficiency under Pb stress conditions. Plants inoculated with pre-domesticated AMF provided a promising new strategy to enhance phytoremediation of Pb-contaminated soils.

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41807052) and the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (B16011).

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    Yurong Yang, Beitong Huang, Jiazheng Xu, Zhenxin Li & Zhanhui Tang

  2. Key Laboratory for Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China

    Yurong Yang & Xuefeng Wu

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YY and XW designed and conceived the experiment. YY, BH, and JX carried out the experiments and collected the empirical data. ZT and ZL performed the data analysis. YY and XW wrote the paper with contributions from ZT and ZL.

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Yang, Y., Huang, B., Xu, J. et al. Heavy metal domestication enhances beneficial effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on lead (Pb) phytoremediation efficiency of Bidens parviflora through improving plant growth and root Pb accumulation. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 32988–33001 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-18588-2

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