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Effects of drought on cadmium accumulation in peanuts grown in a contaminated calcareous soil

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This study aimed to investigate the effects of drought stress on cadmium (Cd) accumulation in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) grown in contaminated calcareous soils. Five peanut cultivars were grown in a calcareous soil spiked with 4 mg Cd kg−1 soil (dry weight) under well-watered, mild drought, and severe drought conditions. The biomass production, gas exchange, spectral reflectance, and Cd accumulation in plant tissues were determined. The five cultivars significantly differed from each other in biomass production, gas exchange, spectral reflectance, and Cd accumulation. The effect of drought on Cd accumulation in peanuts varies with plant tissues, cultivars, and developmental stages. Drought decreased root Cd concentrations in seedlings of the two high Cd-accumulating cultivars (Haihua 1 and Zhenghong 3), which is associated with increasing leaf active Fe content. However, for the mature plants, drought stress caused an increase in Cd accumulation in roots, pod walls, and seeds depending on peanut cultivars. Negative correlations were found between seed Cd concentration and biomasses in both preflowering seedlings and mature plants. The seed Cd concentration in mature plants was also observed to be positively correlated with the shoot Cd concentration in preflowering seedlings. The increased Cd concentration in seeds of drought-stressed peanut plants grown in Cd-contaminated calcareous soils might be attributed to the drought-induced decrease of biomass production.

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Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31171464, 31370515) and the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (No. 1308085MC47) is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Shenglan Xia, Xvming Wang, Genqiang Su & Gangrong Shi

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Xia, S., Wang, X., Su, G. et al. Effects of drought on cadmium accumulation in peanuts grown in a contaminated calcareous soil. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22, 18707–18717 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5063-9

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