ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Effects of Solanum spp. Straw on Cadmium
Accumulation of Solanum diphyllum
More details
Hide details
1
College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ya’an Polytechnic College, Ya’an, Sichuan, China
Submission date: 2022-02-04
Final revision date: 2022-03-14
Acceptance date: 2022-03-29
Online publication date: 2022-06-09
Publication date: 2022-09-01
Corresponding author
Renyan Liao
College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ya’an Polytechnic College, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2022;31(5):4189-4196
KEYWORDS
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
To screen the straw of Solanum spp. for improving the phytoremediation ability of cadmium
(Cd) hyperaccumulator plants, a pot experiment was conducted in this study by adding straws from
four Solanum species (Solanum alatum, Solanum photeinocarpum, Solanum nigrum var humile,
and Solanum nigrum) into the Cd-contaminated soil for planting the potential Cd-hyperaccumulator
Solanum diphyllum, and the effects of Solanum spp. straw on the Cd accumulation of S. diphyllum were
studied. Compared to the control (no straw apply), only S. alatum straw increased the shoot biomass of
S. diphyllum, while other straw samples decreased. The straw of S. alatum increased the chlorophyll a
and total chlorophyll contents in S. diphyllum. In contrast, the straws of S. alatum, S. photeinocarpum,
and S. nigrum var. humile increased chlorophyll b and carotenoid contents. Meanwhile, the straws of
the four Solanum spp. did not affect or reduce the superoxide dismutase activity of S. diphyllum, while
they enhanced the peroxidase and catalase activity and protein content to some extent. The straws of
S. alatum, S. photeinocarpum, S. nigrum var humile, and S. nigrum decreased the shoot Cd content in
S. diphyllum by 20.82%, 30.90%, 17.13%, and 16.19%, respectively, compared to the control; they also
decreased the Cd extraction by shoots. These observations together indicate that the straw of Solanum
spp. reduces the phytoremediation ability of S. diphyllum and cannot be used for Cd-contaminated soils.