title: Diffusive gradient in thin films technique for assessment of cadmium and copper bioaccessibility to radish (Raphanus sativus).
abstract: The aim of this study was to assess cadmium and copper uptake by radish (Raphanus sativus) and to test the capability of the diffusive gradient in thin films (DGT) technique to predict bioaccessibility of the metals for this plant. Radish plants were grown in pots filled with uncontaminated control and artificially contaminated soils differing in cadmium and copper contents. Metal concentrations in plants were compared with free ion metal concentrations in soil solution, and concentrations measured by DGT. Significant correlation was found between metal fluxes to plant and metal fluxes into DGT. Pearson correlation coefficient for cadmium was 0.994 and for copper 0.998. The obtained results showed that DGT offers the possibility of simple test procedure for soils and can be used as a physical surrogate for plant uptake.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1/1665, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic. Electronic address: hana.docekalova@mendelu.cz.
authors.forename: Hana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dočekalová
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1/1665, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic. Electronic address: petr.skarpa@mendelu.cz.
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Škarpa
authors.affiliation: Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic v.v.i., Veveří 97, CZ-602 00 Brno, Czech Republic. Electronic address: docekal@iach.cz.
authors.forename: Bohumil
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dočekal
mesh_terms: D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D031224:Raphanus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012989:Soil Pollutants; D002104:Cadmium; D003300:Copper
keywords: Bioaccesibility; Cadmium; Copper; DGT technique; Radish (Raphanus sativus)