Effect, uptake and disposition of nitrobenzene in several terrestrial plants
Eight species of plants were exposed to nitrobenzene in a hydroponic solution. Four species experienced no depression of either transpiration or photosynthetic rates, while one was rapidly killed and the other three were temporarily affected but recovered from the treatment. Uptake of nitrobenzene was passive and was shown to be proportional to the rate of water flux in each species. The transpiration stream concentration factor (TSCF) was 0.72. The root concentration factor (RCF) was variable between the species and was higher than expected, presumably due to deposits of insoluble metabolic products. All of the species examined displayed a capacity to chemically alter nonpolar nitrobenzene into both polar and insoluble products. Volatilization of nitrobenzene from the leaves was a major route of chemical loss.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR (USA). Environmental Research Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 6005481
- Report Number(s):
- PB-91-144808/XAB; EPA-600/J-90/267
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Pub. in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 9, 513-520(1990)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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NITRO COMPOUNDS
ROOT ABSORPTION
GENETIC VARIABILITY
METABOLISM
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
PLANTS
TRANSPIRATION
VOLATILITY
ABSORPTION
BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
SYNTHESIS
UPTAKE
560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology