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Effects of AM Inoculation and Organic Amendment, Alone or in Combination, on Growth, P Nutrition, and Heavy-Metal Uptake of Tobacco in Pb-Cd-Contaminated Soil

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As toxic pollutants commonly found in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) products, lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) can enter the human body via smoking and thus pose a potential health risk to smokers. We conducted a greenhouse experiment to study the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) inoculation with Glomus intraradices BEG 141 and organic amendment with cattle manure, alone or in combination, on the growth, P nutrition, and heavy-metal uptake by tobacco plants grown in soil to which was added Pb-Cd at 0/0, 350/1, 500/10, and 1,000/100 mg kg−1, respectively. In general, AM colonization and plant growth were greatly reduced by Pb-Cd contamination, whereas organic amendment alleviated Pb-Cd stress and showed some beneficial effects on AM symbiosis and some soil parameters. AM inoculation, alone or in combination with organic amendment, increased plant dry weights and improved P nutrition significantly at all Pb-Cd addition levels, and, in most cases, it decreased Pb and Cd concentrations in tobacco plants and DTPA-extractable concentrations in soil. AM inoculation increased total glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) concentrations in soil to which Pb-Cd was added. The higher soil pH and GRSP contents and the lower DTPA-extractable Pb and Cd concentrations contributed by AM inoculation and/or organic amendment may be contributing factors that lead to higher growth promotion and lower metal toxicity and uptake by plants. Our findings suggest that AM inoculation in combination with organic manure may be a potential method for not only tobacco production but phytostabilization of Pb-Cd-contaminated soil.

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This work was funded by the Open Project Program of Key Laboratory of Tobacco Quality Control Ministry of Agriculture (20090003) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40801120, 41171369).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Tobacco Quality Control Ministry of Agriculture, Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, People’s Republic of China

    Fa Yuan Wang

  2. Agricultural College, Henan University of Science and Technology, 70# Tianjin Road, Jianxi District, Luoyang, Henan Province, 471003, People’s Republic of China

    Fa Yuan Wang, Ling Wang, Zhao Yong Shi & You Jun Li

  3. Qingdao China Tobacco Seed Limited Liability Company, Qingdao, 266101, People’s Republic of China

    Zhi Mei Song

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Wang, F.Y., Wang, L., Shi, Z.Y. et al. Effects of AM Inoculation and Organic Amendment, Alone or in Combination, on Growth, P Nutrition, and Heavy-Metal Uptake of Tobacco in Pb-Cd-Contaminated Soil. J Plant Growth Regul 31, 549–559 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-012-9265-9

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