Joint toxicity of methamidophos and cadmium acting on Abelmoschus manihot

摘要

Joint toxicity of methamidophos and cadmium(Cd) on the ornamental Abelmoschus manihot was firstly examined and compared with single-factor effects of the two pollutants using ecotoxicological indexes including the inhibitory rate of seed germination, root elongation and inhibitory concentration 50%(IC_ 50). The results indicated that methamidophos and Cd had unobvious(p>0.05) effects on seed germination of the ornamental. There were significant(p20 mg/L). However, the analysis of joint effects indicated that there were antagonistic effects between Cd and methamidophos under all the treatments. At the high concentration of Cd, joint toxicity of methamidophos and Cd was more dependent on concentration of Cd.