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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 159, Issue 12, Pages 3730-3738Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.07.008
Keywords
Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Ni-hyperaccumulator; Berkheya coddii; Phytoextraction; Phytomining
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- NRF
- Polish State Committee for Scientific Research
- South African National Research Foundation (NRF)
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The effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on growth and element uptake by Ni-hyper-accumulating plant, Berkheya coddii, was studied. Plants were grown under laboratory conditions on ultramafic soil without or with the AM fungi of different origin. The AM colonization, especially with the indigenous strain, significantly enhanced plants growth and their survival. AMF affected also the elemental concentrations that were studied with Particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE). AMF (i) increased K and Fe in shoots, Zn and Mn in roots, P and Ca both, in roots and shoots; (ii) decreased Mn in shoots, Co and Ni both, in shoots and roots. Due to higher biomass of mycorrhizal plants, total Ni content was up to 20 times higher in mycorrhizal plants compared to the non-mycorrhizal ones. The AMF enhancement of Ni uptake may therefore provide an improvement of a presently used technique of nickel phytomining. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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