Predicting non-carcinogenic hazard quotients of heavy metals in pepper (<i>Capsicum annum</i> L.) utilizing electromagnetic waves

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2020, Vol. 14

Issue (6) : 114 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-020-1331-0

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Predicting non-carcinogenic hazard quotients of heavy metals in pepper (Capsicum annum L.) utilizing electromagnetic waves

Marzieh Mokarram¹(

), Hamid Reza Pourghasemi², Huichun Zhang³(

)

¹. Department of Range and Watershed Management, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Darab, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71946-84471, Iran
². Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71441-65186, Iran
³. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

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Abstract

• There was significant absorption of heavy metals by the pepper in contaminated soils.

• The target hazard quotient (THQ) indices followed the order of Pb>Zn>>Cd » Ni.

• Relationships exist between contaminated plants and electromagnetic wave.

• PCA and random search can select the main spectra and predict THQ for each element.

Given the tendency of heavy metals to accumulate in soil and plants, the purpose of this study was to determine the contamination levels of Cd, Ni, Pb, and Zn on peppers (leaves and fruit) grown in contaminated soils in industrial centers. For this purpose, we measured the uptake of the four heavy metals by peppers grown in the heavy metal contaminated soils throughout the four growth stages: two-leaf, growth, flowering, and fruiting, and calculated various vegetation indices to evaluate the heavy metal contamination potentials. Electromagnetic waves were also applied for analyzing the responses of the target plants to various heavy metals. Based on the relevant spectral bands identified by principal component analysis (PCA) and random search methods, a regression method was then employed to determine the most optimal spectral bands for estimating the target hazard quotient (THQ). The THQ was found to be the highest in the plants contaminated by Pb (THQ= 62) and Zn (THQ= 5.07). The results of PCA and random search indicated that the spectra at the bands of b₅₇₀, b₆₅₀, and b₇₆₀ for Pb, b₄₀₀ and b₁₀₃₀ for Ni, b₄₀₀ and b₈₈₀ for Cd, and b₅₆₀, b₉₁₀, and b₁₀₅₀ for Zn were the most optimal spectra for assessing THQ. Therefore, in future studies, instead of examining the amount of heavy metals in plants by chemical analysis in the laboratory, the responses of the plants to the electromagnetic waves in the identified bands can be readily investigated in the field based on the established correlations.

Keywords Heavy metals Plants Target Hazard Quotient (THQ) Principal Component Analysis (PCA) Random search Electromagnetic wave

Corresponding Author(s): Marzieh Mokarram,Huichun Zhang

Issue Date: 19 November 2020

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Marzieh Mokarram,Hamid Reza Pourghasemi,Huichun Zhang. Predicting non-carcinogenic hazard quotients of heavy metals in pepper (Capsicum annum L.) utilizing electromagnetic waves[J]. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng., 2020, 14(6): 114.

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Fig.1 Amounts of heavy metal pollution in the leaves and fruit of the peppers.

Fig.2 (a) The EDI values in the leaves and fruits of the peppers, (b) THQ for non-carcinogenic hazards, (c) HI for different stages of growth, and (d) BCF in the leaves and fruits of the peppers.

Fig.3 Response of the leaves of the peppers to electromagnetic waves in various growth stages under different treatments.

Tab.1 Vegetation index results for different treatments at different stages of growth

Fig.4 Schematic distribution of weights allocated to different wavelengths obtained as first, second, and third principal components for the 4 target contaminants.

Tab.2 Significance coefficients of THQ using the Pearson correlation method in contaminated plants

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