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Investigation of manganese tolerance and accumulation of two Mn hyperaccumulators Phytolacca americana L. and Polygonum hydropiper L. in the real Mn-contaminated soils near a manganese mine

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Up to date, very few studies have examined the phytoextraction ability of hyperaccumulators in the real soils contaminated with heavy metals following the identification of the hyperaccumulators using hydroponics tests. In the present study, amended with a chemical-mobilizing agent of ethylene diamine triacetic acid (EDTA), the manganese accumulation, tolerance and the hyperaccumulating ability of two hyperaccumulators Phytolacca americana L. (Phytolaccaceae) and Polygonum hydropiper L. (Polygonaceae) proved by previous hydroponics tests were examined using pot experiments with paddy soils contaminated with Mn (1,047 ± 53 mg kg−1) collected from one site in the vicinity of one manganese mine in Xiushan county of Chongqing, China. Results showed that the root and shoot biomass of P. americana and the chlorophyll production of P. hydropiper were significantly inhibited by EDTA treatments while the chlorophyll production of P. americana was oppositely obviously promoted by EDTA. It is noteworthy that, with or without EDTA treatment, the shoot Mn concentrations of both plant species were significantly below the hyperaccumulator threshold, indicating these two plants concealed their hyperaccumulating ability in the studied soils. Thus, further detailed studies need to be conducted to promote the metal hyperaccumulating capacity of these two plant species under comparably low Mn-contaminated soil conditions as shown in this study before the successful application of these Mn hyperaccumulators identified in laboratories to the phytoextraction of lightly or moderately Mn-contaminated agricultural soils.

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The authors are greatly thankful to the reviewers for their constructive comments and detailed suggestions improving the present manuscript significantly. The authors also would like to thank the supports for this work from the Supporting Program of the “Twelfth Five-year Plan” for Sci & Tech Research of China (2011BAB09B01, 2012BAB05B03), National Natural Science Fund of China (40871222), Natural Science Foundation Project of Chongqing Sci & Tech Committee (CSTC 2009BA7029, 2006BB7424) and Science Foundation of Chongqing Educational Committee (KJ050410).

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    Qing-wei Yang, Qing Zeng, Fei Xiao, Xue-lian Liu, Jin Pan, Jin-feng He & Zhi-yong Li

  2. Science and Technology Administration, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, 400074, People’s Republic of China

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Yang, Qw., Zeng, Q., Xiao, F. et al. Investigation of manganese tolerance and accumulation of two Mn hyperaccumulators Phytolacca americana L. and Polygonum hydropiper L. in the real Mn-contaminated soils near a manganese mine. Environ Earth Sci 68, 1127–1134 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-012-1814-9

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