Determination Some heavy metals in plants (Lepidiumruderale L., AnethumgraveolensL., Apiumgraveolns L.) that were irrigated with groundwater in Basrah Governorate, Al-Zubair District, southern Iraq

Volume 20 No 6 (2022)

Buthainah Mahdi Younus1Rehab SalimAl-Atbee,LumaJasem.Al-Anber

DOI: 10.14704/nq.2022.20.6.NQ22542

Abstract

This field study was conducted at the University of Basra, Marine Sciences Center,Department of Chemistry and Pollution of the Marine Environment for the year 2020 with the aim of studying the impact of environmental pollution in six sites in Al-Zubair district, Basra Governorate, in the concentrations of heavy metals (nickel Ni- cadmium Cdand leadPb) accumulated in the plant (Lepidiumruderale L. and DillAnethumgraveolens L. and celeryApiumgraveolns L.),) cultivated in the fields of those sites, in which groundwater was used in the irrigation process, as these agricultural fields depend on groundwater in agriculture.

Keywords

heavy metals, environmental pollution, agricultural crops, Zubair

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