Ksenija JAKOVLJEVIĆ^1*, Uroš BUZUROVIĆ¹, Gordana ANDREJIĆ¹, Sanja ĐUROVIĆ¹, Marjan NIKETIĆ², Nevena MIHAILOVIĆ³ & Gordana TOMOVIĆ^1
1Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
²Natural History Museum, Njegoševa 51, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
³Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy – INEP, University of Belgrade, Banatska 31b, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia
e-mail: kjakovljevic@bio.bg.ac.rs, uros_buzurovic@yahoo.com, 1988xg@gmail.com, sdjurovic@bio.bg.ac.rs, mniketic@nhmbeo.rs, nmihailovic@inep.co.rs, gtomovic@bio.bg.ac.rs
^*corresponding author: kjakovljevic@bio.bg.ac.rs

TRACE ELEMENTS CONTENTS AND ACCUMULATION IN SOILS AND PLANT SPECIES GONIOLIMON TATARICUM (L.) BOISS. (PLUMBAGINACEAE) FROM THE ULTRAMAFIC AND DOLOMITIC SUBSTRATES OF THE CENTRAL BALKANS

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Potential for trace elements accumulation of the species Goniolimon tataricum (L.) Boiss.was estimated. Plant tissues of Goniolimon tataricum and associated soils were sampled from four sites in Serbia and Republic of Macedonia located on two different geological substrates (ultramafics and dolomites). The aims of the present study were to investigate the levels of P₂O₅, K₂O, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Ni, Zn, Co, Cr, Cu, Cd and Pb in the soils and plant tissues of G. tataricum from these four localities. Soil samples collected from ultramafics contained elevated levels of almost all analysed trace elements and Ca/Mg quotients for the available fraction are close to 1. As for the dolomitic samples, they were characterized by elevated levels of Cd, Mn, Pb, Zn, Ca, and remarkably high Ca/Mg ratio. In plant tissues of G. tataricum remarkably high concentrations of Mg, Cu and Cr were measured (up to 16584, 321 and 71.4 mg/kg, respectively). This survey suggests that some G. tataricum populations from the ultramafic and dolomite soils of Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia emerge as Cu and Cr accumulators and could be used for phytoextraction purposes.