Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in Sugar Beet (Beta Vulgaris) Plant Along Erzincan–Erzurum Highway in Eastern Anatolia Region

Öz

In this study, it was aimed to determine the traffic and agricultural activity-induced heavy metal including arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr) and lead (Pb) pollution of sugar beet plants (Beta Vulgaris) grown along the Erzincan-Erzurum D100-25 highway and to reveal the possible change in the amount of heavy metals in sugar beet plants depending on distance to the highway. For this purpose, sugar beet plants were collected from 5 points of 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 meters away from the highway and heavy metal levels of the samples were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The results showed that sugar beet plants were contaminated with various heavy metals such as Cr (585.5-2687.8 µg kg-1) > Co (143.4-500.7 µg kg-1) > Pb (52.1-476.7 µg kg-1) > As (9.1-112.4 µg kg-1) > Cd (4.4-65.2 µg kg-1) depending on the distance from the highway. It was determined that heavy metal pollution levels in sugar beet plants decreased with distance from the motorway and there was a high correlation (As: 0.977; Cd: 0.944; Co: 0.995; Cr: 0.989 and Pb: 0.999) between distance and heavy metal content.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• heavy metals
• sugar beet
• highways
• pollution

Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in Sugar Beet (Beta Vulgaris) Plant Along Erzincan–Erzurum Highway in Eastern Anatolia Region

Öz

Bu çalışmada, Erzincan-Erzurum D100-25 karayolu boyunca yetişen şeker pancarı bitkisinin trafik ve tarımsal faaliyet kaynaklı arsenik (As), kadmiyum (Cd), kobalt (Co), krom (Cr) ve kurşun (Pb) gibi ağır metal kirliliğinin belirlenmesi ve şeker pancarı bitkisindeki ağır metal miktarının karayoluna olan mesafeye bağlı olarak olası değişiminin ortaya konulması amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaçla, şeker pancarı bitkileri otoyoldan 10, 20, 30, 40 ve 50 metre uzaklıktaki 5 noktadan toplanmış ve örneklerdeki ağır metal seviyeleri indüktif eşleşmiş plazma kütle spektrometresi (ICP-MS) ile belirlenmiştir. Sonuçlar, şeker pancarı bitkilerinin otoyoldan uzaklığa bağlı olarak Cr (585.5-2687.8 µg kg-1) > Co (143.4-500.7 µg kg-1) > Pb (52.1-476.7 µg kg-1) > As (9.1-112.4 µg kg-1) > Cd (4.4-65.2 µg kg-1) gibi çeşitli ağır metallerle kirlendiğini göstermiştir. Şeker pancarı bitkilerindeki ağır metal kirlilik seviyelerinin otoyola olan mesafe ile azaldığı ve mesafe ile ağır metal içeriği arasında yüksek bir korelasyon (As: 0.977; Cd: 0.944; Co: 0.995; Cr: 0.989 ve Pb: 0.999) olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• ağır metaller
• şeker pancarı
• otoyollar
• kirlilik

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