Publication detail

Compost mixed fruits and vegetable waste biochar with ACC deaminase rhizobacteria can minimize lead stress in mint plants

Muhammad Zafar-ul-Hye, Muhammad Tahzeeb-ul-Hassan, Abdul Wahid, Subhan Danish, Muhammad Jamil Khan, Shah Fahad, Martin Brtnicky, Ghulam Sabir Hussain, Martin Leonardo Battaglia, Rahul Datta

Original Title

Compost mixed fruits and vegetable waste biochar with ACC deaminase rhizobacteria can minimize lead stress in mint plants

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

High lead (Pb) concentration in soils is becoming a severe threat to human health. It also deteriorates plants, growth, yield and quality of food. Although the use of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), biochar and compost can be effective environment-friendly amendments for decreasing Pb stress in crop plants, the impacts of their simultaneous co-application has not been well documented. Thus current study was carried, was conducted to investigate the role of rhizobacteria and compost mixed biochar (CB) under Pb stress on selected soil properties and agronomic parameters in mint (Mentha piperita L.) plants. To this end, six treatments were studied: Alcaligenes faecalis, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, CB, PGPR1+CB, PGPR2+CB and control. Results showed that the application A. faecalis+CB significantly decreased soil pH and EC over control. However, OM, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium concentration were significantly improved in the soil where A. faecalis+CB was applied over control. The A. faecalis+CB treatment significantly improved mint plant root dry weight (58%), leaves dry weight (32%), chlorophyll (37%), and N (46%), P (39%) and K (63%) leave concentration, while also decreasing the leaves Pb uptake by 13.5% when compared to the unamended control. In conclusion, A. faecalis+CB has a greater potential to improve overall soil quality, fertility and mint plant productivity under high Pb soil concentration compared to the sole application of CB and A. faecalis.

Keywords

compost; ACC; black carbon; soil

Authors

Muhammad Zafar-ul-Hye, Muhammad Tahzeeb-ul-Hassan, Abdul Wahid, Subhan Danish, Muhammad Jamil Khan, Shah Fahad, Martin Brtnicky, Ghulam Sabir Hussain, Martin Leonardo Battaglia, Rahul Datta

Released

23. 3. 2021

Publisher

NATURE PORTFOLIO

Location

BERLIN

ISBN

2045-2322

Periodical

Scientific Reports

Year of study

11

Number

6606

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

1

Pages to

20

Pages count

20

URL

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-86082-9

BibTex

@article{BUT175565,
  author="Rahul {Datta} and Martin {Brtnický}",
  title="Compost mixed fruits and vegetable waste biochar with ACC deaminase rhizobacteria can minimize lead stress in mint plants",
  journal="Scientific Reports",
  year="2021",
  volume="11",
  number="6606",
  pages="1--20",
  doi="10.1038/s41598-021-86082-9",
  issn="2045-2322",
  url="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-86082-9"
}