Effects of Vanadium and Nickel on Morphological Characteristics and on Vanadium and Nickel Uptake by Shoots of Mojito (Mentha × villosa) and Lavender (Lavandula anqustifolia)

Authors

  • Pantelis E. BAROUCHAS Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece, M. Alexandrou 1, Koukouli, 26334 Patra (GR)
  • Anastasia AKOUMIANAKI-IOANNIDOU Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture Production, Infrastructure and Environment, Department of Crop Science, Laboratory of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens (GR)
  • Aglaia LIOPA-TSAKALIDI Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece, Great Alexander 1, Koukouli, 26334 Patra (GR)
  • Nicholas K. MOUSTAKAS Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture Production, Infrastructure and Environment, Department of Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering, Laboratory of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Iera Odos 75, 118 55, Athens (GR)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha47111413

Keywords:

culinary herbs; heavy metals accumulators; medicinal herbs

Abstract

Vanadium and Nickel may enter the human food chain through medicinal and culinary plants which in great doses are toxic to human, so it is important to determine their potential toxicity and health risk. Therefore, the objective of this work was to study the effects of Vanadium and Nickel on morphological characteristics and on Vanadium and Nickel uptake by shoots of mojito (Mentha × vilosa) and lavender (Lavandula anqustifolia). A completely randomized block design with five Vanadium treatments (0, 5, 10, 20, 40 mg V L-1) and five replications per treatment and another one with five Nickel treatments (0, 5, 10, 20 and 40 mg Ni L-1) and five replications per treatment for mojito and lavender were conducted in pots. No visible toxic or inhibitory symptoms were observed on the plants due to the increasing amounts of Vanadium or Nickel. Shoot dry matter and root dry matter of mojito and lavender decreased with increasing Vanadium rates. Vanadium uptake by shoots of mojito and lavender increased linearly with increasing Vanadium rates. Nickel uptake by shoots of lavender increased linearly with increasing rates of Nickel. Mojito is a Nickel accumulator.

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2018-12-21

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BAROUCHAS, P. E., AKOUMIANAKI-IOANNIDOU, A., LIOPA-TSAKALIDI, A., & MOUSTAKAS, N. K. (2018). Effects of Vanadium and Nickel on Morphological Characteristics and on Vanadium and Nickel Uptake by Shoots of Mojito (Mentha × villosa) and Lavender (Lavandula anqustifolia). Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 47(2), 487–492. https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha47111413

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