TY - JOUR
T1 - Interplay of higher plants with lithium pollution
T2 - Global trends, meta-analysis, and perspectives
AU - Shakoor, Noman
AU - Adeel, Muhammad
AU - Azeem, Imran
AU - Ahmad, Muhammad Arslan
AU - Zain, Muhammad
AU - Abbas, Aown
AU - Hussain, Muzammil
AU - Jiang, Yaqi
AU - Zhou, Pingfan
AU - Li, Yuanbo
AU - Xu, Ming
AU - Rui, Yukui
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - Lithium (Li) is gaining attention due to rapid rise in modern industries but their ultimate fingerprints on plants are not well established. Herein, we executed a meta-analysis of the existing recent literature investigating the impact of Li sources and levels on plant species under different growth conditions to understand the existing state of knowledge. Toxic effects of Li exposure in plants varies as a function of medium and interestingly, more negative responses are reported in hydroponic media as compared to soil and foliar application. Additionally, toxic effects of Li vary with Li source materials and LiCl more negatively affected plant development parameters such as plant germination (n = 48) and root biomass (n = 57) and recorded highly uptake in plants (n = 78), while LiNO3 has more negative effects on shoot biomass. The Li at <50 mg L−1 concentrations significantly influenced the plant physiological indicators including plant germination and root biomass, while 50–500 mg L−1 Li concentration influence the biochemical parameters. The dose-response relationship (EC50) ranges regarding the exposure medium of Li sources in plant species were observed 24.6–196.7 ppm respectively. The uptake potential of Li is dose-dependent and their translocation/bioaccumulation remains unknown. Future work should include full life cycle studies of the crops to elucidate the bioaccumulation of Li in edible tissues and to investigate possible trophic transfer of Li.
AB - Lithium (Li) is gaining attention due to rapid rise in modern industries but their ultimate fingerprints on plants are not well established. Herein, we executed a meta-analysis of the existing recent literature investigating the impact of Li sources and levels on plant species under different growth conditions to understand the existing state of knowledge. Toxic effects of Li exposure in plants varies as a function of medium and interestingly, more negative responses are reported in hydroponic media as compared to soil and foliar application. Additionally, toxic effects of Li vary with Li source materials and LiCl more negatively affected plant development parameters such as plant germination (n = 48) and root biomass (n = 57) and recorded highly uptake in plants (n = 78), while LiNO3 has more negative effects on shoot biomass. The Li at <50 mg L−1 concentrations significantly influenced the plant physiological indicators including plant germination and root biomass, while 50–500 mg L−1 Li concentration influence the biochemical parameters. The dose-response relationship (EC50) ranges regarding the exposure medium of Li sources in plant species were observed 24.6–196.7 ppm respectively. The uptake potential of Li is dose-dependent and their translocation/bioaccumulation remains unknown. Future work should include full life cycle studies of the crops to elucidate the bioaccumulation of Li in edible tissues and to investigate possible trophic transfer of Li.
KW - Bioaccumulation
KW - EC
KW - Environmental significance
KW - Lithium
KW - Meta-analysis
KW - Plants species
UR - https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000913391200001
UR - https://openalex.org/W4301179927
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85140272460
U2 - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136663
DO - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136663
M3 - Review article
SN - 0045-6535
VL - 310
JO - Chemosphere
JF - Chemosphere
M1 - 136663
ER -