Lead absorption by weeds from lead-polluted soil
铅污染土壤中杂草对铅的吸收

A pot experiment with red soil was installed in 2002 and 2003 to study the impact of lead pollution on weed growth,its lead and nutrients uptake,and AMF colonization.The results showed that lead pollution had no significant influence on weed growth,and the absorbed lead was mainly accumulated in root system.The impact of lead pollution on nutrients uptake by weeds was depended on weed species,their growth stages,and kinds of nutrients.No significant difference was found between lead treatment and control in nutrient contents except potassium in Digitaria adscendens at its early growth stages,and lead had little influence on the absorption of nutrients by Kummerowia striata,Ixeris chinensis,Digitaria adscendens and Echinochloa crusgalli var. mitis.The phosphorus content in Ixeris chinensis and Digitaria adscendens at their ripen stage sampled from lead-polluted soil was significantly higher than that from control,while the nitrogen content in matured Echinochloa crusgalli var. mitis sampled from polluted soil was significantly lower than that from the control.There existed great difference of mycorrhizal colonization among various weed species.The infection rate of Kummerowia striata and Digitaria adscendens showed a slight difference between lead treatment and control both at vegetative and ripen stage.Lead pollution hindered the colonization of Ixeris chinensis.In lead-polluted soil,the AMF infection rate of Ixeris chinensis was 45.52% at vegetative stage and 74.64% at ripen stage,while in the control,it was 69.44% at vegetative stage and 82.21% at ripen stage.Echinochloa crusgalli var. mitis,an annual weed,showed an opposite response of AMF colonization to lead pollution.The colonization rate of AMF in Echinochloa crusgalli var. mitis root was higher under lead pollution condition,being 82.45% at vegetative stage and 91.36% at ripen stage,while in the control,it was 59.19% and 78^28%,respectively.