E. A. Sherif, A., R. Rabie, A., A. Abdelhafez, A. (2017). Accumulation Trends of Heavy Metals in Cupressus sempervirens and Eucalyptus camaldulensis Trees Grown in Treated Wastewater Irrigated Soil. test, 38(April-June), 220-230. doi: 10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2017.3414
Abd El-Hamid E. A. Sherif; Amro R. Rabie; Ahmed A. Abdelhafez. "Accumulation Trends of Heavy Metals in Cupressus sempervirens and Eucalyptus camaldulensis Trees Grown in Treated Wastewater Irrigated Soil". test, 38, April-June, 2017, 220-230. doi: 10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2017.3414
E. A. Sherif, A., R. Rabie, A., A. Abdelhafez, A. (2017). 'Accumulation Trends of Heavy Metals in Cupressus sempervirens and Eucalyptus camaldulensis Trees Grown in Treated Wastewater Irrigated Soil', test, 38(April-June), pp. 220-230. doi: 10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2017.3414
E. A. Sherif, A., R. Rabie, A., A. Abdelhafez, A. Accumulation Trends of Heavy Metals in Cupressus sempervirens and Eucalyptus camaldulensis Trees Grown in Treated Wastewater Irrigated Soil. test, 2017; 38(April-June): 220-230. doi: 10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2017.3414

Accumulation Trends of Heavy Metals in Cupressus sempervirens and Eucalyptus camaldulensis Trees Grown in Treated Wastewater Irrigated Soil

Alexandria Science Exchange Journal
Article 8, Volume 38, April-June - Serial Number 2, June 2017, Pages 220-230    PDF (550.11 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2017.3414
Authors
Abd El-Hamid E. A. Sherif1; Amro R. Rabie2; Ahmed A. Abdelhafez* 3
1Soils, Water and Environ. Research Institute (SWERI), Agriculture Research Center (ARC), Giza- Egypt
2Forest Department, Horticulture Research Institute,Agriculture Research Center (ARC), Giza- Egypt
3Department of Soils and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University (the New Valley Branch), New Valley- Egypt
Abstract
This study was performed to investigate the accumulation trends of heavy metals (Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu, Cr, Pb, Co and Ni) in Cupressus Sempervirens and Eucalyptus Camaldulensis trees grown in treated wastewater irrigated soils. To achieve this goal; water, soil and plant samples were collected from a desert forest plantation in Sadat City, Egypt. The obtained results showed that the levels of heavy metals didn’t exceed the maximum permissible limits for soil and water. The contents of heavy metals in the organs of trees species grown in treated wastewater irrigated soil were significantly higher than those of the groundwater irrigated one. The highest translocation factor was recorded for root-branches of Cupressus S. irrigated with treated wastewater with average value of 4.6. However, Pb showed the lowest translocation factor ranging from 0.02 in the leaves-roots of Cupressus S. to 0.8 in the leaves-roots of Eucalyptus C.  irrigated with treated wastewater. It can be suggested that the studied tree species can be used for phytoremediation, and also continuous monitoring of heavy metals status in the soil irrigated with treated wastewater is necessary to ensure its safe use.
Keywords
Wastewater; Heavy metals; Soil; Accumulation; Cupressus S; Eucalyptus C
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