Elemental content of vegetables, grains, and forages field-grown on fly ash amended soil

Journal Article · · J. Agric. Food Chem.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf60216a058· OSTI ID:6370492

Furr, A K; Parkinson, T F; Gutenmann, W H; Pakkala, I S; Lisk, D J

Research report:Various vegetables, grains, and forage crops were grown in the field on soil amended with flyash, a by-product of coal burning in electric generating stations. Fly ashes contain a wide spectrum of elements, both essential and toxic. Forty-one elements were determined in alfalfa, birdsfoot, trefoil, brome, field corn, millet, orchard grass, sorghum, timothy, beans, cabbage, carrots, onions, potatoes, and tomatoes. Concentrations of arsenic, boron, magnesium, and selenium were greater in crops grown on flyash-amended soil than in control crops grown on soil not amended with flyash. (2 tables)

• Research Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Inst and State Univ
• OSTI ID: 6370492
• Journal Information: J. Agric. Food Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Agric. Food Chem.; (United States) Vol. 26:2; ISSN JAFCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

510100* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Basic Studies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AEROSOL WASTES
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ARSENIC
BORON
CONTAMINATION
CROPS
ELEMENTS
FLY ASH
MAGNESIUM
METALS
SELENIUM
SEMIMETALS
SOILS
UPTAKE
USES
WASTES