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Phytotoxicity Evaluation of Wastewater from Rice Parboiling

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the phytotoxicity of raw and treated effluents from a parboiling rice industry in the south of Brazil. The evaluation included 19 physicochemical parameters and a phytotoxicity test using lettuce and cucumber seeds as bioindicators. The germination index (GI) of both seeds was decreased when in contact with the raw effluent (p < 0.05) and with the treated effluent reduced the GI of cucumber seeds (p < 0.05) and the root length (RL) of lettuce seeds (p < 0.05). For lettuce seeds exposed to the treated effluent there was a negative correlation (p < 0.05) between RL and Mn (− 0.82) and between GI and Fe (− 0.68). For cucumber seeds in the raw effluent, the Fe showed negative correlation (p < 0.05) with seed germination (− 0.75), but, in the treated effluent, their GI presented positive correlation (0.61) with the ammoniacal-N (p < 0.05). The results indicated that both effluents showed phytotoxicity for lettuce and cucumber seeds.

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  1. IFSul - Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Sul-rio-grandense, Pelotas, RS, Brazil

    Michel David Gerber & Daniel Ricardo Arsand

  2. PPGCTA, Departamento Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil

    Michel David Gerber, Daniel Ricardo Arsand & Érico Kunde Correa

  3. ReproPel, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil

    Thomaz Lucia Jr.

  4. Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental, Centro de Engenharias, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil

    Érico Kunde Correa

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Gerber, M.D., Arsand, D.R., Lucia, T. et al. Phytotoxicity Evaluation of Wastewater from Rice Parboiling. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 101, 678–683 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-018-2455-9

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