Effect of Cow Dung and Urban Waste Compost in Reducing the Accumulation of Cadmium (Cd) and Lead (Pb) in Amaranth Grown in Contaminated Soil

Zerbo Rockia Marie Nadège *

National Centre for Scientific and Technological Research / Institute for Technologies and Applied Science Research (CNRST/IRSAT), Natural Products and Environmental Technologies Laboratory, 03 BP, 7047, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Joseph KI-ZERBO University of Burkina Faso/ Environmental Physics and Chemistry Laboratory (LPCE), 03 BP, 7121, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso.

Savadogo Windinpsidi Paul

Joseph KI-ZERBO University of Burkina Faso/ Environmental Physics and Chemistry Laboratory (LPCE), 03 BP, 7121, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso and National Centre for Scientific and Technological Research / Institute for the Environment and Agricultural Research (CNRST/INERA), Soil-Water-Plant Laboratory (SEP), 01 BP, 476 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.

Sawadogo/ Ilboudo Tinkoudougou Cathérine

National Centre for Scientific and Technological Research / Institute for Technologies and Applied Science Research (CNRST/IRSAT), Natural Products and Environmental Technologies Laboratory, 03 BP, 7047, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Naré Rayim Wendé Alice

National Centre for Scientific and Technological Research / Institute for Technologies and Applied Science Research (CNRST/IRSAT), Natural Products and Environmental Technologies Laboratory, 03 BP, 7047, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Sanou Alidou

Joseph KI-ZERBO University of Burkina Faso/ Environmental Physics and Chemistry Laboratory (LPCE), 03 BP, 7121, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

Aims: The effect of cow dung and urban waste compost on the capacity of amaranth to absorb cadmium and lead was studied in contaminated soil.

Study Design:  Amaranth was cultivated in pot trials randomized blocks with five treatments and four replications for each treatment: control; contaminated soil; contaminated soil with cow dung; contaminated soil with compost and contaminated soil with cow dung and compost.

Place and Duration of Study: The trial was carried out in laboratory conditions in the Research Institute for Applied Sciences and Technologies in Ouagadougou from march to April 2022.

Methodology: Lead and cadmium concentrations in amaranth leaves and stems was determined using atomic emission spectrometry (MP-AES) after acid digestion.

Results: The results showed that contaminated soil with 5 mg kg-1 of lead and 0.2 mg kg-1 of cadmium had no significant effect on amaranth growth. In the dried leaves, mean cadmium levels were 93.5 mg kg-1 in the absence of cow dung and 4.14 mg kg-1 in the presence of cow dung. Mean cadmium levels in dry stems were 64 mg kg-1 and 2.1 mg kg-1 respectively in the absence and presence of cow dung. Lead uptake did not vary significantly in the presence of amendments (0.44 mg kg-1) or in absence of amendments (0.75 mg kg-1) in the stems. The cow dung treatment was more effective than the compost treatment. However, our results showed that the two amendments reduced cadmium transfer by 90% and lead transfer by 70% to amaranth.

Keywords: Amaranth, amendment, Lead, cadmium, contaminated soil, urban agriculture


How to Cite

Nadège, Zerbo Rockia Marie, Savadogo Windinpsidi Paul, Sawadogo/ Ilboudo Tinkoudougou Cathérine, Naré Rayim Wendé Alice, and Sanou Alidou. 2024. “Effect of Cow Dung and Urban Waste Compost in Reducing the Accumulation of Cadmium (Cd) and Lead (Pb) in Amaranth Grown in Contaminated Soil”. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 36 (7):1098-1106. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i74825.