Antibiotic uptake by plants from manure-amended soils

作者:Bassil Rani J; Bashour Isam I*; Sleiman Fawwak T; Abou Jawdeh Youssef A
来源:Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B: Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes , 2013, 48(7): 570-574.
DOI:10.1080/03601234.2013.774898

摘要

Antibiotics are extensively given to livestock to promote growth and reduce diseases. Therefore, animal manure often contains antibiotics. Once manure is applied to agricultural land to improve soil productivity, crops would be exposed to antibiotics which may persist in soils from a few to several hundred days. The objective of this study was to evaluate the uptake of gentamicin and streptomycin by carrot (Daucus carota), lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and radish (Rhaphanus sativus) from manure-amended soil. The treatments were 0, 0.5 and 1mg of antibiotic kg(1) of soil. Two pot experiments were carried out in the greenhouse. The first was conducted on the three crops and the second exclusively on radish. In radish, the increase in the concentrations of gentamicin was significant between the 0 and both of 0.5 and 1.0mg kg(1) treatments, but not significant between the 0.5 and 1.0mg kg(1). The average values were 35.5, 60.0 and 57.4g kg(1) for the 0, 0.5 and 1mg kg(1) rates, respectively. However, the increase in streptomycin concentration in radish was not significant between the three treatments, and the average values were, 12.1, 15.2 and 17.4g kg(1) for the 0, 0.5 and 1mg kg(1) rates, respectively. In carrot roots and lettuce leaves no significant increase in the concentrations of gentamicin or streptomycin was observed between the treatments. The three crops absorbed relatively higher amounts of gentamicin (small molecule) than streptomycin (large molecule). Generally the levels of antibiotics in plant tissue increased with increasing the antibiotic concentration in the manure (1mg kg(1) %26gt; 0.5mg kg(1)).

  • 出版日期2013-7-1