You are here

Assessment of the combined pesticide and cadmium load on the soil using higher plants

The multicomponent nature of agroecosystem pollution complicates the effectiveness of the ecotoxicological control. The danger of the combined pesticide and cadmium soil load was investigated in the laboratory conditions using agricultural plants (test crops). The aim of the study was an integral assessment of the complex impact of pesticide and cadmium soil contamination on wheat Triticum aestivum L. by biotesting. The widely used pesticides in agriculture were tested: systemic fungicides Azimut (a.i.: tebuconazole, 125 g/dm³ + triadimefon, 100 g/dm³), Azimut Classic (a.i.: tebuconazole, 250 g/dm³) and soil-acting herbicide Extrabit (a.i.: S-metolachlor, 960 g/dm³). The levels of Cadmium accumulation by plants (by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy) and pesticide active ingredients (by high-performance liquid chromatography with a mass detector) were determined. It was found that a exceeding the rate of pesticide application leads to their accumulation by plants. At combined soil load with Cadmium (3-fold maximum allowable concentration, MAC) and the associated pesticide, an increase in the accumulation of active ingredients by plants is observed (tebuconazole by 1.85 and 1.47 times for Azimut and Azimut Classic, respectively, and S-metolachlor by 1.47 times for Extrabit) compared to a single pesticide. In addition, phytotoxicity of pesticides was noted in the conditions of the experiment. Thus, for the fungicide Azimut and the herbicide Extrabit, a decrease in the initial growth rate of plants (length of roots and seedlings) by more than 40 % was found, which indicates a level of phytotoxicity above average. It was concluded that new pesticide formulations (including soil-acting pesticides) should be tested for toxicity in relation to higher plants. This is important for development of countermeasures to reduce pesticide accumulation in agricultural plants, especially in conditions of soil contamination with heavy metals.
Key words: biotesting, combined action, pesticides, cadmium, phytotoxicity, Triticum aestivum L.

 

Reference: 
1. Chagnon, M., Kreutzweiser, D., Mitchell, E.A.D., Morrissey, C.A., Noome, D.A., Sluijs, J.P.V. (2015). Risks of large-scale use of systemic insecticides to ecosystem functioning and services. Environ. Sci. Pollut. no. 22, pp. 119–134.
2. Naidyonova, О.E. (2020). Dinamika chiselnosti mikroflori i biokhimichnoi aktivnosti chornozemy tipovogo za zastosyvannya kompleksy pestitsidov [Dynamics of the number of microflora and biochemical activity of chernozem typical for the use of pesticide complex]. Agrokhimiay i gruntoznavstvo: mizhvid. tem. nayk. zbirnyk [Agrochemistry and soil science. Interdepartmental. Topics. Science. Digest]. Kharkiv, Vol. 90, pp. 65–75. DOI: 10.31073/acss90-07.
3. Rashid, B., Husnain, T., Riazuddin, S. (2010). Herbicides and Pesticides as potential pollutants: A Global Problem. Plant adaptation and Phytoremediation. Chapter 19. Part 2, pp. 427–447. DOI: 10.1007/978-90- 481-9370-7_19.
4. Versieren, L., Evers, S., Elgawad, H., Asard, H., Smolders, E. (2016). Mixture toxicity of copper, cadmium and zinc to barley seedlings is not explained by antioxidant and oxidative stress biomarkers. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. no. 36(1), pp. 456–460. DOI: 10.1002/etc.3529
5. Imadi, S.R., Kazi, A.G., Ahanger, M.A. (2015.) Plant transcriptomics and responses to environmental stress: an overview. Journal of Genetics. no. 94(3), pp. 525–537. DOI: 10.1007/s12041-015-0545-6.
6. Razanov, S.F., Tkachuk, O.P. (2017). Intensyvna khimizatsiia zemlerobstva yak peredumova zabrudnennia zernovoi produktsii vazhkymy metalamy [Intensive chemicalization of agriculture as a prerequisite for contamination of grain products with heavy metals]. Tekhnolohiia vyrobnytstva i pererobky produktsii tvarynnytstva [Technology of production and processing of livestock products]. Bila Tserkva, no. 1(134), pp. 66–71.
7. DalCorso, G., Farinati, S., Furini, A. (2010). Regulatory networks of cadmium stress in plants. Plant Signaling & Behavior. no. 5(6), pp. 663–667. DOI: 10.4161/psb.5.6.11425
8. Mudryi, I.V. (2005). Deiaki aspekty problemy vyroshchuvannia yakisnoi roslynnytskoi produktsii pry zastosuvanni mineralnykh dobryv ta metodychni pidkhody shchodo toksykoloho-hihiienichnoi yikh otsinky [Some aspects of the problem of growing quality crop products using mineral fertilizers and methodological approaches to their toxicological and hygienic assessment]. Problemy kharchuvannia. Medychna Ukraina [Nutrition problems. Medical Ukraine], no. 4, pp. 44–47.
9. Guchenko, M.M., Kozlovs’ka, T.F., Guchenko, M.I. (2009). Doslydzhennya pruchuno-naslidkovykh zvyazkiv mizh ekspozitsieyu khlororganychnukh spoluk i stanom zdorov’ya naselennya. Ekologychna bezpeka. [Investigation of the causal relationship between organochlorine exposure and public health. Ecological safety]. Naukove vydannja Kremenchytskogo derzhavnogo pjlytekhnychnogo universitety imeni Mykhayla Ostrogradskogo [Scientifc publication Kremenchug State Polytechnic University named after Mykhailo Ostrogradsky]. Kremenchuk, KNPU, no. 1(5).
10. Fowler, D., Diaye N., Laudencia-Chingcuanco, D., Pozniak, C. (2016). Quantitative trait loci associated with phenological development, low-temperature tolerance, grain quality and agronomic characters in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). PLoS One. no. 11(3). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152185
11. Khyzhnyak, S.V. (2010). Cellular mechanisms of cadmium toxicity. Kyiv, LAT& K, 213 р.
12. Cunningham, M. (2015). Use of pesticides: benefts and problems associated with pesticides. Food and Chemical Toxicology. no. 43 (2), pp. 261–269.
13. Khyzhnyak, S.V. Baranov, Yu.S., Demchenko, V.F., Voitsytskiy, V.M. (2019). Pestytsydy ta yikh ekoloho-toksykolohichna otsinka [Pesticides and their ecological and toxicological evaluation]. Kyiv, NULES Ukraine, 226 p.
14. Furdychko, О.І. (2021). Naukovy osnovy stalogo rozvytku agroekosistem Ukraine [Scientifc bases of sustainable development of agroecosystems of Ukraine]. Ekologychna bezpeka agropromyslovogo vyrobnytsva [Ecological safety of agro-industrial production]. Kyiv, DIA.
15. DSTU ISO 11269–1:2004. Soil quality – Determination of the effects of pollutants on soil flora – Part 1. Method for the measurement of inhibition of root growth.
16. Grodzinsky, D.M., Shylina, Yu.V., Kutsokon, N.K. (2006). Zastosuvannia roslynnykh test-system dlia otsinky kombinovanoi dii faktoriv riznoi pryrody [Application of plant test systems to assess the combined action of factors of different nature]. Kyiv, Phytosocial Center.
17. DSTU ISO 11885:2005. Water quality. Determination of 33 elements by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry.
18. EVS-EN 15662 (2008) Foods of plant origin – Determination of pesticide residues using GC-MS and/or LC-MS/MS following acetonitrile extraction/ partitioning and cleanup by dispersive SPEQuEChERS-method. Available at: https://www.evs.ee/ products/evs-en-15662-2008.
19. Devi, Y.B., Meetei, T.T., Kumari, N. (2018). Impact of Pesticides on Soil Microbial Diversity and Enzymes: A Review. Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. no. 7(6), рр. 952–958. DOI: 10.20546/ijcmas.2018.706.113
20. Vlizlo, V.V., Salyga, Yu.Т. (2012). Problemy biologychnoi bezpeki zastosuvannya pestitsidyv v Ukraine [Problems of biological safety of pesticide use in Ukraine]. Visnyk agrarnoi' nauky [Bulletin of Agricultural Science], no. 1, pp. 24–28.

 

Download this article: 
AttachmentSize
PDF icon hignuak_2022-1-71-78.pdf524.99 KB