The Characterization of Heavy Metals in the Grapevine (Vitis vinifera) Cultivar Rkatsiteli and Wild Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) from East Serbia by ICP-OES and BAFs |
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| Authors: | Slađana Č Alagić Snežana B Tošić Mile D Dimitrijević Jelena V Petrović Dragana V Medić |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry, Chemical Technology and Chemical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Technical Faculty Bor, Bor, Serbiasladjaal@yahoo.com salagic@tf.bor.ac.rs;3. University of Nis, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Chemistry, Ni?, Serbia;4. Department of Chemistry, Chemical Technology and Chemical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Technical Faculty Bor, Bor, Serbia;5. The Mining and Metallurgy Institute in Bor, Bor, Serbia |
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| Abstract: | Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy, in combination with calculation of various biological factors, was used in this study not only for a simple illustration of the present status of some essential and non-essential metals such as copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), arsenic (As), and cadmium (Cd) in the grapevine cultivar Rkatsiteli and wild blackberry from East Serbia but also for the estimation of plant bioaccumulation potentials. Great majority of detected metal concentrations were in normal ranges except in few cases: Zn concentrations were at the level of deficiency in almost all plant parts, and some Cu and As concentrations were at the levels that could be considered phytotoxic. Biological accumulation factors provided very informative data on metal accumulation and translocation in both plants and pointed to low accumulation rates of metals except in the case of Cu, Zn, and As in some wild blackberry tissues. |
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| Keywords: | Bioaccumulation deficiency grapevine heavy metals ICP-OES/BAFs phytotoxicity wild blackberry |
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