ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Enrichment Characteristics and Correlation
Analysis of Se and Heavy Metals in Soil-Blueberry
Fruit Systems in the Different Geological
Background Areas of Guizhou Province
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College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
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College of Resource and Environment Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
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School of Public Administration, Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China
Submission date: 2023-06-28
Final revision date: 2023-08-08
Acceptance date: 2023-09-08
Online publication date: 2023-11-15
Publication date: 2024-01-03
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Xuefeng Wen
College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, 550025, Guiyang, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(1):885-895
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To analyze the enrichment characteristics and correlation of Se and heavy metals
in soil-blueberry fruit systems in different geological background areas of Guizhou Province, 86 soil
samples and 58 blueberry fruit samples were collected from blueberry planting areas in the Majiang,
Ziyun, and Huangping counties of Guizhou Province. The contents of Se and 9 other heavy metals
in soil and blueberry fruit were determined using an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer
(ICP-MS) and inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometer (ICP-AES). The results showed
that the Se contents of the soils in the dolomite and limestone distribution areas are higher than the
background values of topsoil in Guizhou, and both met the Se-rich soil standard. The Se content of
the soil in the study areas exhibits the characteristics of limestone area>dolomite area>sandstone
area, indicating that the geological background controls the Se content of the soil. In dolomite soil,
Se is negatively correlated with As, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, and Zn, while in limestone soil, Se is positively
correlated with As, Cr, Ni, and Zn. In dolomite and limestone areas, the Se in soil is negatively
correlated with Hg and Pb in blueberry fruit. There is no significant correlation in the sandstone area.
The blueberries in each growing area have a high enrichment capacity for Se and have all reached the
selenium-rich blueberry standard, which has the potential for development into selenium-rich blueberry
agriculture.