Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
J Environ Sci Health B. 2013;48(7):570-4. doi: 10.1080/03601234.2013.774898.
Antibiotics are extensively given to livestock to promote growth and reduce diseases. Therefore, animal manure often contains antibiotics. Once manure is applied to agricultural land to improve soil productivity, crops would be exposed to antibiotics which may persist in soils from a few to several hundred days. The objective of this study was to evaluate the uptake of gentamicin and streptomycin by carrot (Daucus carota), lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and radish (Rhaphanus sativus) from manure-amended soil. The treatments were 0, 0.5 and 1 mg of antibiotic kg⁻¹ of soil. Two pot experiments were carried out in the greenhouse. The first was conducted on the three crops and the second exclusively on radish. In radish, the increase in the concentrations of gentamicin was significant between the 0 and both of 0.5 and 1.0 mg kg⁻¹ treatments, but not significant between the 0.5 and 1.0 mg kg⁻¹. The average values were 35.5, 60.0 and 57.4 μg kg⁻¹ for the 0, 0.5 and 1 mg kg⁻¹ rates, respectively. However, the increase in streptomycin concentration in radish was not significant between the three treatments, and the average values were, 12.1, 15.2 and 17.4 μg kg⁻¹ for the 0, 0.5 and 1 mg kg⁻¹ rates, respectively. In carrot roots and lettuce leaves no significant increase in the concentrations of gentamicin or streptomycin was observed between the treatments. The three crops absorbed relatively higher amounts of gentamicin (small molecule) than streptomycin (large molecule). Generally the levels of antibiotics in plant tissue increased with increasing the antibiotic concentration in the manure (1 mg kg⁻¹ > 0.5 mg kg⁻¹).
抗生素被广泛用于畜牧业以促进生长和减少疾病。因此,动物粪便通常含有抗生素。一旦粪便被施用于农田以提高土壤生产力,农作物就会接触到可能在土壤中持续存在数天到数百天的抗生素。本研究的目的是评估从粪便改良的土壤中胡萝卜(Daucus carota)、生菜(Lactuca sativa)和萝卜(Rhaphanus sativus)对庆大霉素和链霉素的吸收。处理分别为土壤中抗生素浓度为 0、0.5 和 1mg/kg。在温室中进行了两个盆栽实验。第一个实验在三种作物上进行,第二个实验仅在萝卜上进行。在萝卜中,0 与 0.5 和 1.0mg/kg 处理之间庆大霉素浓度的增加显著,但 0.5 与 1.0mg/kg 处理之间没有显著差异。0、0.5 和 1.0mg/kg 处理的平均浓度分别为 35.5、60.0 和 57.4μg/kg。然而,萝卜中链霉素浓度的增加在三种处理之间没有显著差异,平均浓度分别为 0、0.5 和 1.0mg/kg 处理的 12.1、15.2 和 17.4μg/kg。在胡萝卜根和生菜叶中,处理之间庆大霉素或链霉素的浓度没有显著增加。三种作物吸收的庆大霉素(小分子)相对较多,而链霉素(大分子)则较少。一般来说,抗生素在植物组织中的水平随着粪便中抗生素浓度的增加而增加(1mg/kg > 0.5mg/kg)。