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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 141, Issue 1, Pages 115-125Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.08.022
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Thlaspi caerulescens; Arabidopsis halleri; cadmium; zinc; phytoextraction; chelating agents
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BBS/E/C/00004174] Funding Source: Medline
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Field trials were undertaken to investigate the effect of the application of metal mobilizing agents, different sowing strategies and length of growing season on the extraction of Cd and Zn from soils by Thlaspi caeridescens and Arabidopsis halleri. None of the mobilizing agents used enhanced metal accumulation by T. caerulescens. Between 1998 and 2000, on average across plots where Cd or Zn exceeded allowable limits, T. caerulescens removed 1.3 and 0.3% of the total soil Cd and Zn. In one season when T. caerulescens was grown for 14 months, 21.7 and 4.4% of the total soil Cd and Zn was removed. This was larger than values found when T. caeridescens was grown for 4 months. A. halleri accumulated similar concentrations of Zn, but lower Cd concentrations than T. caeridescens. The results indicate that metal phytoextraction using T. caeridescens can be used to clean up soils moderately contaminated by Cd. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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