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Phytoextraction capacity of trees growing on a metal contaminated soil

Phytoextraction capacity of trees growing on a metal contaminated soil Phytoremediation is an innovative biological technique to reclaim land contaminated by heavy metals or organic pollutants. In the present work, we studied the ability of five woody species to extract heavy metal (copper, zinc or cadmium) from a polluted soil to their above-ground tissues. Metal content in leaves and twigs was determined. Salix and Betula transferred zinc and cadmium to leaves and twigs, but Alnus , Fraxinus and Sorbus excluded them from their above-ground tissues. None of the species considered transferred copper to the shoots. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Plant and Soil Springer Journals

Phytoextraction capacity of trees growing on a metal contaminated soil

Plant and Soil , Volume 256 (2) – Oct 1, 2003

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Environment; Ecology; Plant Sciences; Plant Physiology; Soil Science & Conservation
ISSN
0032-079X
eISSN
1573-5036
DOI
10.1023/A:1026100707797
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Abstract

Phytoremediation is an innovative biological technique to reclaim land contaminated by heavy metals or organic pollutants. In the present work, we studied the ability of five woody species to extract heavy metal (copper, zinc or cadmium) from a polluted soil to their above-ground tissues. Metal content in leaves and twigs was determined. Salix and Betula transferred zinc and cadmium to leaves and twigs, but Alnus , Fraxinus and Sorbus excluded them from their above-ground tissues. None of the species considered transferred copper to the shoots.

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Plant and SoilSpringer Journals

Published: Oct 1, 2003

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