Short-term Variability of Macro- and Trace Elements in Elymus Repens L. and Urtica Dioica L.

Irina Shtangeeva; Matti Niemelä; Alexander Ryumin; Vladimir Chelibanov; Alexander Golovin; Ilkka Vesavaara; Paavo Perämäki

doi:10.31083/j.fbe1403020

Journals
Frontiers in Bioscience-Elite Frontiers in Bioscience-Scholar Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark Journal of Integrative Neuroscience Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine Journal of Molecular and Clinical Medicine Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology
Resources
For Authors For Reviewers For Editors Article Processing Charges Open Access Editorial Policies Publishing Ethic Copyright & License Digital Archive Privacy Policy Advertising Policies Peer Review Policy Special Issues & Supplements Policy
About
Overview Management Team Contact Us
Search

Submit

NULL

Advanced

Countries | Regions

Article Types

Year

—

Volume

Issue

Pages

—

IMR Press / FBE / Volume 14 / Issue 3 / DOI: 10.31083/j.fbe1403020

Submit to FBE

Review for FBE

Apply for Special Issue

Cite this article

Nanoparticles: Properties, applications and toxicities

Downloads

Citations

200

Views

Journal Browser

Volume | Year

Issue

Forthcoming Issue

Current Issue

All

Tweets By IMR Press_series

Announcements

Open Access Original Research

Short-term Variability of Macro- and Trace Elements in Elymus Repens L. and Urtica Dioica L.

Irina Shtangeeva^1,*, Matti Niemelä², Alexander Ryumin¹, Vladimir Chelibanov³, Alexander Golovin⁴, Ilkka Vesavaara², Paavo Perämäki²

Show Less

¹ Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia

² Research Unit of Sustainable Chemistry, University of Oulu, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland

³ Faculty of low-temperature energy, ITMO University, 197101 St. Petersburg, Russia

⁴ Faculty of Physics, St. Petersburg University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia

^*Correspondence: shtangeeva@gmail.com (Irina Shtangeeva)
Academic Editor: Gianluca Caruso

Front. Biosci. (Elite Ed) 2022, 14(3), 20; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbe1403020

Submitted: 17 January 2022 | Revised: 23 February 2022 | Accepted: 25 February 2022 | Published: 28 July 2022

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative strategies enhancing nutraceutical properties of vegetables, and aromatic-medicinal plants and mushrooms)

This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.

Abstract

Background: The main aim of the research was to study short-term changes in the concentrations of elements in two widely distributed plant species, couch grass and nettle and in the rhizosphere soil of the plants. Methods: The sampling of plants and soil was carried out on three dates: 3, 10, and 25 May 2021. On each day of sampling, the plants and soil were collected three times: at 9:00, 14:00, and 19:00. The ICP-OES and ICP-MS analytical techniques were used for determination of elements in the plant and soil samples. The Raman spectroscopy was applied to study variations in the organic compounds. Results: The concentrations of both macro-nutrients and trace elements in plants varied greatly over daytime on all dates of sampling. The differences between concentrations of many elements in the plants collected at different times during a day were statistically significant. There were also statistically significant differences between concentrations of some elements (Na, Mg, P, K, Fe, Ba) in the plants collected on different dates. The relative intensity of diffuse luminescence of the rhizosphere soil of couch grass and nettle was different during daytime and also differed between the soils taken from roots of the two plant species, especially in the beginning of May. Conclusions: The experimental data indicates that the daily variations of the element concentrations in plants might be a result of multiple effects of various factors. The differences in the daily element variations in the couch grass and nettle growing in the same site and collected simultaneously might be due to the fact that these plants belong to different clades. The diurnal fluctuations (that also include regular changes in the element concentrations in plants) can be different for monocotyledons (couch grass) and dicotyledons (nettle). New experimental findings on short-term variations in the concentrations of macro-nutrients and trace elements can help to gain a new insight into accumulation of the elements in different plant species and also be useful in agricultural practice.

Keywords

daily variations

uptake of elements

couch grass

nettle

rhizosphere soil

ICP-OES

ICP-MS

raman spectroscopy

Figures

Fig. 1.

Previous article in this issue

Next article in this issue

Fig. 1.

Daily variations of Mg, K, and Mn in couch grass and nettle. (a) Roots (1) and leaves (2) of the plants collected on 3 May. In couch grass, the differences between concentrations of Mg in leaves of the plants collected at 9:00 and 19:00, and between K concentrations in leaves and Mn concentrations in roots of the plants collected at 14:00 and 19:00 were statistically insignificant. In nettle, no difference was found between concentrations of Mg and Mn in roots of the plants harvested at 9:00 and 14:00, and between K and Mn concentrations in leaves of the plants collected at 9:00 and 19:00. In all other cases the differences between concentrations of the elements in the plants collected at different times were statistically significant (p $<$ 0.05). (b) Roots (1) and leaves (2) of the plants collected on 10 May. In couch grass, the differences between concentrations of Mg in roots of the plants collected at 9:00 and 14:00 and between K concentrations in leaves of the plants collected at 9:00 and 14:00 as well as between concentrations of Mn in leaves of the plants collected at 9:00 and 19:00 were statistically insignificant. In nettle, no difference was observed between concentrations of Mn in roots of the plants collected at 9:00 and 14:00. In all other cases the differences between concentrations of the elements in the plants collected at different times were statistically significant (p $<$ 0.05). (c) Roots (1) and leaves (2) of the plants collected on 25 May. In couch grass, the differences between concentrations of K in leaves of the plants collected at 14:00 and 19:00 were statistically insignificant. In nettle, no difference was found between concentrations of Mg in roots and leaves of the plants collected at 14:00 and 19:00 and between K concentrations in leaves of the plants collected at 9:00 and 14:00. In all other cases the differences between concentrations of the elements in the plants collected at different times were statistically significant (p $<$ 0.05).

1 of 6

Front. Biosci. (Elite Ed) Print ISSN 1945-0494 Electronic ISSN 1945-0508