MATEC Web of Conferences (Jan 2018)

Discrimination of As Sources in Greenhouse Soils in Northeast China Based on Multivariate Statistics

  • Yu Peiying,
  • Qian Xubin,
  • Cui Shuang,
  • Guo Wenmiao,
  • Wang Jun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201817501018
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 175
p. 01018

Abstract

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The aims of this research were to determine the accumulation status of total As and discriminate the sources of As by the methods of multivariate statistics. Our results showed that total arsenic contents in top soils increased with cultivation duration, and had a significant positive correlation with cultivation years (R2=0.5192, P=0.009). Based on multivariate statistics, soil organic matters (SOM) and As in greenhouse soils may originate from the same source. It could be concluded that agrichemicals, especially chicken manures may cause As enrichment in greenhouse top soils.