Proceedings of the 2017 2nd International Conference on Civil, Transportation and Environmental Engineering (ICCTE 2017)

Effects of Intercropping with Tolerant Plants on Cadmium Accumulation of Brassica chinensis

Authors
Mengdie Yuan, Lei Liu, Xun Wang, Ji Liu, Wei Jiang, Lijin Lin
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Mengdie Yuan
Available Online July 2017.
DOI
10.2991/iccte-17.2017.121How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Brassica chinensis; Iolerant plant; Cadmium; Intercropping
Abstract

The pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of intercropping with cadmium (Cd) tolerant plants (Arenaria serpyllifolia, Clinopodium confine, Ranunculus sieboldii and Plantago asiatica) on growth and Cd accumulation of Brassica chinensis. Compared with the monoculture, only intercropping with C. confine increased the root biomass, shoot biomass, and photosynthetic pigment contents of B. chinensis, and intercropping with A. serpyllifolia, R. sieboldii and P. asiatica decreased that. Intercropping with tolerant plants increased the Cd contents in roots and shoots of B. chinensis, and the orders of that were ranked as intercropping with C. confine > intercropping with P. asiatica > intercropping with A. serpyllifolia > intercropping with R. sieboldii > monoculture. Intercropping with C. confine increased the Cd contents in roots and shoots of B. chinensis by 107.67% and 72.00% respectively compared with the monoculture Therefore, intercropping with Cd tolerant plants could increase the Cd uptake of B. chinensis, which should be carefully considered in Cd-contaminated soil.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2017 2nd International Conference on Civil, Transportation and Environmental Engineering (ICCTE 2017)
Series
Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date
July 2017
ISBN
978-94-6252-353-1
ISSN
2352-5401
DOI
10.2991/iccte-17.2017.121How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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