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EC number: 234-722-4 | CAS number: 12027-67-7
Toxicity to terrestrial plants
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A total of 10 topsoils with contrasting properties that may affect the toxicity of Mo in soil were collected and on each of these soils a series of 5 plant assays (root elongation for barley and shoot yield for oilseed rape, red clover, ryegrass and tomato) were performed after spiking with sodium molybdate. The plant toxicity assays resulted in 45 individual high quality EC10 values selected for PNEC derivation. The EC10 values ranged from 4 to 3476 mg added Mo/kg dry weight soil.
Additionally, 3 soils were aged outdoors after spiking with sodium molybdate. After 6 and 11 months, subsamples were collected and the 4 ecotoxicity tests (same as above without barley root elongation assay) were conducted on these soils. In general, this showed that long-term equilibration of Mo in soils decreases its toxicity to plants. The results of the toxicity in aged soils are used to determine a Leaching/Ageing factor to correct for the effect of spiking on the toxicity of Mo in soil organisms.
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Available reliable data on the soil type-specific toxicity of molybdenum to terrestrial plants were available for Brassica napus, Trifolium pratense, Lolium perenne, Lycopersicon esculentum, Hordeum vulgare, Zea mays, Daucus carota and Pisum sativum. A total of 45 individual high quality EC10 values (for 5 different plant species) were selected for the PNEC derivation, ranging from 4 mg added Mo/kg dw (for oilseed and red clover) to 3476 mg added Mo/kg dw (for ryegrass) All data are based on added measured Mo concentrations in soil. For 5 dose-response-curves, no reliable EC10 or NOEC could be derived because a significant effect was already seen at the lowest dose tested. For the aged soils the comparison of Mo in freshly spiked and 11 -month aged soils show that long-term equilibration of Mo in soil generally decreases its toxicity in plants. Only in one case (out of 12 cases) there was an effect at a lower dose in the aged soil. The results of the toxicity in aged soils were used to determine a leaching/ageing factor to correct for the effect of spiking on the toxicity of Mo in soil organisms.
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