The Impact of Soil and Water Pollutants Released from Poultry Farming on the Growth and Development of Two Plant Species

• Published in: Agriculture (Basel) 2024-01, Vol.14 (1), p.87
• Main Authors: Krupka, Magdalena, Olkowska, Ewa, Klimkowicz-Pawlas, Agnieszka, Łęczyński, Leszek, Tankiewicz, Maciej, Michalczyk, Dariusz J, Wolska, Lidia, Piotrowicz-Cieślak, Agnieszka I
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Agricultural industry; Agriculture; Aminolevulinic acid; Aquatic plants; Carbamazepine; China; Chlorophyll; Ciprofloxacin; Contaminants; DDE; Deep water; Duckweed; Eastern Europe; Enrofloxacin; Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; Fertilizers; Floating plants; Groundwater; Growth; Heat shock proteins; Hsp70 protein; Instrument industry; Japan; Leachates; Lemna minor L; Lipid peroxidation; Lipids; Livestock farms; Manures; Metoclopramide; mitochondrial damage; Nitrous oxide; Parameters; Peas; Peroxidation; Pesticides; Physiology; Pisum sativum L; Plant species; Poland; Pollutants; Poultry; Poultry farming; Poultry industry; Poultry manure; Poultry production; Proteins; Soil contamination; Soil pollution; Soil water; Soils; Trimethoprim; United Kingdom; Water pollution; Water, Underground
• ISSN: 2077-0472; 2077-0472
• DOI: 10.3390/agriculture14010087

Intensive poultry production may result in substantial emissions of pollutants into the environment, including pharmaceuticals and other chemicals used in poultry farming. The objective of this study was to verify the presence of ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin, carbamazepine, metoclopramide, trimethoprim, diflufenican, flufenacet, and p,p′-DDE in soil and water in the immediate vicinity of a poultry manure heap. The influence of soil contaminants on the growth and selected physiological parameters of seed peas and common duckweed (as indicator plants) was tested. It has been proven that the cultivation of pea plants on soil coming from the close proximity of a heap of manure results in a deterioration of both morphological parameters (root length, shoot length) and physiological parameters (chlorophyll absorption, aminolevulinic acid dehydrogenase (ALAD) activity, aminolevulinic acid (ALA) content, lipid peroxidation, mitochondrial damage or production of HSP70 proteins). Similarly, water extracts from cultivated soils had a significant effect on duckweed, and it was found that contaminant leachates are indeed detectable in soil, groundwater, and deep water. Special attention should, therefore, be paid to the location, methods of storage, and use of poultry fertilizer.