AUTHOR=Islam Md Saiful , Islam Md Towhidul , Ismail Zulhilmi , Islam Abu Reza Md Towfiqul , Khan Rahat , Hasan Fakhrul , Kabir Md Humayun , Ezewudo Bede Izuchukwu , Ibrahim Khalid A. , Idris Abubakr M. 

TITLE=Assessment of trace elements in the long-term banana cultivation field’s soil

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Environmental Science

VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-science/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1272840

DOI=10.3389/fenvs.2023.1272840

ISSN=2296-665X

ABSTRACT=This work firstly assessed the contamination of trace elements (Cr, Cu, Ni, As, Zn Cd, Mn, Fe,   and Pb,)  in soil and different tissues of the banana plant (Musa spp.), ecological risks of trace elements using various indices, and probable health risks using a chemometric approach. Soil and different tissues of banana plants were collected from banana fields around the industrial area of the capital of old Pundranagar (the earliest urban archaeological location), Bangladesh.Samples were digested by acid digestion and trace elements were measured by inductively coupled plasma spectrophotometer (ICP-MS). The concentration of Cr, Ni, Cu, As, Cd, Pb, Fe, Mn and Zn in soil ranged as 1.