The appreciation of mineral element accumulation level in some herbaceous plants species by ICP-AES method.
BACKGROUND
From the metallurgic industry zone of Dambovita County, we harvested and analyzed seven herbaceous plants species (Lolium perenne, Festuca pratensis, Stipa capillata, Agrostis alba, Cynodon dactylon, Luzula campestris, and Agrostis tenuis) to establish the heavy metal accumulation levels in these species.


METHODS
The heavy metal contents (for Cr, Mn, Zn, Sr, Cu, Ba, and Sn) were determined by analyzing the dry matter with an inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometer. This method has detection limits of 0.4-0.6 mg/kg for the analyzed metals. The heavy metal concentrations in plants harvested from the industrial area are in milligram per kilogram of dry matter and ranged from 10.03 to 191.98 mg/kg of dry matter for Cr, 165.89 to 1,103.92 mg/kg of dry matter for Mn, 62.09 to 921.67 mg/kg of dry matter for Zn, 29.21 to 50.12 mg/kg of dry matter for Sr, 0.99 to 113.83 mg/kg of dry matter for Cu, 58.66 to 133.51 mg/kg of dry matter for Ba, and 8.38 to 276.44 mg/kg of dry matter for Sn. The heavy metal accumulation levels in the studied species of plants were calculated by the rapport between the concentration level of the metal in plant samples and the level of the same metal in the soil, near the radicular system for each species of plants.


RESULTS
The highest accumulation levels were found in A. alba for Cr (267.69%); in L. perenne for Mn (51.45%), Sr (114.35%), and Ba (60.81%); and in C. dactylon for Zn (136.62%), Cu (97.65%), and F. pratensis for Sn (704.00%).
Elekes
Carmen Cristina
CC
University Valahia of Targoviste, 2 Regele Carol I Street, Targoviste, Dambovita County, cod 130024, Romania. cristina_elekesh@yahoo.com
Dumitriu
Irina
I
Busuioc
Gabriela
G
Iliescu
Nicoleta S
NS
D031703:Agrostis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D031744:Cynodon / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D031751:Festuca / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008129:Lolium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants