Accumulation of pharmaceuticals in paddy soils
Robert-Bosch Stiftung: Sustainable Partners – Partners for Sustainability
Project: Accumulation of pharmaceuticals in paddy soils irrigated with polluted river water and their transfer to crops
Principal investigators: Prof. Jan Siemens with Prof. Hongyan Guo (Nanjing University)
Period: 2012-2016
Summary:
Rice is often irrigated with polluted surface water or wastewater that contain in addition to plant nutrients also pollutants like residues of pharmaceuticals. Also with organic fertilizers, these pollutants can reach rice fields. We investigate the accumulation of residues of pharmaceuticals in rice soils and in how far these residues are taken up by rice plants.
Funding: Robert Bosch Stiftung