| Content Provider |
World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus |
| Author |
Gonçalves, Carlos Tanaskovic, Snezana Jovicic, Dusica Gvozdenac, Sonja Duric, Simonida Bursic, Vojislava Vukovic, Gorica |
| Description |
Author Affiliation: Gvozdenac S ( Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 8, Novi Sad, Serbia.); Bursic V ( Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 8, Novi Sad, Serbia. bursicv@polj.uns.ac.rs.); Vukovic G ( Institute of Public Health, Bulevar Despota Stefana 54a, Belgrade, Serbia.); Duric S ( Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 8, Novi Sad, Serbia.); Gonçalves C ( Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 8, Novi Sad, Serbia.); Jovicic D ( Insitute for Field and Vegetable Crops, Maksima Gorkog 30, Novi Sad, Serbia.); Tanaskovic S ( Faculty of Agronomy, University of Kragujevac, Cara Dusana 34, Cacak, Serbia.) |
| Abstract |
Irrigation is one of the most important uses of surface waters in the agricultural region of Vojvodina province (Serbia). The aim of the study was to assess the quality of water from Stara Tisa meander, based on the levels of pollution with metals, volatile compounds (VOC), pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and pathogenic bacteria, on sunflower, cabbage, cucumber, maize, barley, buckwheat, sorghum, radish, beans, and white mustard. Microbiological analysis was carried out using the dilution method and phytotoxicity assay according to ISTA filter paper method (germination energy (GE), germination (G), root and shoot length, fresh and dry weight). The sample was slightly contaminated with domestic, industrial, and agricultural xenobiotics and had low levels of nitrogen substances, metals, and organic micropollutants. Pesticides, metolachlor, tebuconazole, propiconazole, imidacloprid, and thiametoxam were detected at levels exceeding the maximum admissible concentrations (MACs), i.e., the sum value for neonicotinoids. The number of saprophytic (2.27 × 10(6) CFU mL(-1)) and coliform bacteria (5.33 × 10(2) CFU mL(-1)) was very high. The total number of sulphite reducing clostridia (10 cells mL(-1)) and Escherichia coli (5 cells mL(-1)) was very low. The GE and G of all tested plants, except sunflower, were not influenced by the total chemism of water sample. However, it inhibited root lengths of sunflower, cucumber, maize, and barley and stimulated shoot lengths of all species except maize and white mustard. These results indicate that it can be used for irrigation of cabbage and radish from the chemical point of view, but the microbiological traits should be considered prior to consumption since they are consumed raw. The overall results suggest that water from Stara Tisa should be purified before using for agricultural purposes. |
| ISSN |
09441344 |
| Issue Number |
18 |
| Journal |
Environmental Science and Pollution Research |
| Volume Number |
23 |
| e-ISSN |
16147499 |
| Language |
English |
| Publisher |
Springer |
| Publisher Date |
2016-09-01 |
| Publisher Place |
Germany |
| Access Restriction |
One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) |
| Subject Keyword |
Discipline Environmental Science Discipline Environmental Chemistry |
| Content Type |
Text |
| Resource Type |
Article |
| Subject |
Environmental Chemistry Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Pollution Medicine |
