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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION
Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 275-284Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2013.773279
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Pistia stratioes; Eichhornia crassipes; Ipomoea aquatica; nitrate pollution; ground water
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The phytoremediation potential of three aquatic plants namely, water lettuce(Pistia stratioes), water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), and water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) for nitrate N and phosphorus from nutrient treated ground water was assessed. A total of twelve treatment combinations including four levels of nitrate (expressed as nitrate N 0, 20, 40, and 60mg/l) and three levels of phosphorus (0, 20, and 40mg/l) were treated for the total volume of 1 and 20 liters of water respectively, for Pistia stratiotes and Eichhornia crassipes. For Ipomoea aquatica ten treatment combinations with five levels of nitrate N (0, 10, 20, 40, and 50mg/l) and two levels of phosphorus (0 and 5mg/l) were treated to 3 liters of water. The design used was a two factor factorial with three replicates. Water was analyzed at weekly interval for nitrate N and phosphorus. Pistia stratiotes, Eichhornia crassipes and Ipomoea aquatica had the potential to remove nitrate N between 61.5-91.8%, 40-63.5%, and 29.3-75% during the period of six, three and three and weeks, respectively. In addition, 90-99%, 75-97.2%, and 75-83.3% of phosphorus was removed from water by Pistia stratiotes, Eichhornia crassipes and Ipomoea aquatica respectively, during the same period.
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