Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo ISSN: 0100-0683
[email protected] Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo Brasil Siqueira da Silva, João Paulo; Araújo do Nascimento, Clístenes Williams; Miranda Biondi, Caroline; Vieira da Cunha, Karina Patrícia Heavy metals in soils and plants in mango orchards in Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, vol. 36, núm. 4, julio-agosto, 2012, pp. 1343-1353 Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo Viçosa, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=180224730028 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative HEAVY METALS IN SOILS AND PLANTS IN MANGO ORCHARDS IN PETROLINA,... 1343 HEAVY METALS IN SOILS AND PLANTS IN MANGO ORCHARDS IN PETROLINA, PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL(1) João Paulo Siqueira da Silva(2), Clístenes Williams Araújo do Nascimento(3)*, Caroline Miranda Biondi(3) & Karina Patrícia Vieira da Cunha(4) SUMMARY The monitoring of heavy metal concentrations in areas under intensive agriculture is essential for the agricultural sustainability and food safety. This paper evaluates the total contents of heavy metals in soils and mango trees in orchards of different ages (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 19, and 26 years) in Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil. Soil samples were taken from the layers 0-20 cm and 20-40 cm, and mango leaves were collected in the growth stage. Areas of native vegetation (Caatinga) adjacent to the cultivated areas were used for comparison.