A method is described for the determination of ultratrace cadmium by coupling a continuous flow vapor generation system with
in situ preconcentration technique and electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS). A graphite tube coated with Ir as permanent
chemical modifier was used for trapping cadmium vapor species. The effects of the flow rates of carrier gas and sample injection
in vapor generation systems on the trapping measurement for cadmium were respectively investigated. Graphite tubes with different
characteristic surfaces were comparatively studied for trapping cadmium vapor. The experimental results showed that the permanent
chemical modifier of Ir is an alternative to the thermolabile modifier of Pd for simplifying the trapping measurement. The
trapping efficiency of cadmium on the graphite tube coated with Ir was estimated. The trapping temperature and time were also
investigated. A detection limit (3σ) of 0.005 μg·L−1 was obtained for this proposed method. The relative standard deviation (RSD) was 1.4% for 0.5 μ·L−1 of Cd (n = 11). This method can be applied to the determination of ultratrace cadmium in food and environmental samples with good
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Phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) are two important essential nutrient elements for plant growth and development but their availability is often limited in calcareous soils. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of applying microbial inoculants (MI, containing effective strains of Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus mucilaginous) on the availability of P and K, plant growth, and the bacterial community in calcareous soil.
Materials and methods
A greenhouse experiment was conducted to explore the effects of the addition of MI (control: without MI addition; treatment: with MI addition at the rate of 60 L ha?1) on the concentrations of P and K in soil and plant, soil bacterial community diversity and composition, and chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) growth.
Results and discussion
The results showed that MI inoculation significantly increased the fruit yields by 28.5% (p?<?0.01), available P and K in the rhizosphere soil by 32.1% and 28.1% (p?<?0.05), and P and K accumulation in the whole plants by 40.9% and 40.2%, respectively (p?<?0.05). Moreover, high-throughput sequencing revealed that Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Chloroflexi, and Gemmatimonadetes were the dominant phyla of soil bacteria. MI application did not significantly impact the diversity and composition of soil bacterial communities, but increased relative abundances of bacterial genera Flavobacterium responsible for promoting root development across growing stages (p?<?0.05), and changed the soil bacterial community structure associated closely with soil properties of available P, K, and pH in soil.
Conclusions
The application of MI improved the bioavailability of P and K and plant growth due to its impact on the soil bacterial community structure.