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AGRONOMY-BASEL
卷 13, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy13030812
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phytoremediation; organic amendments; rhizodegradation; weathered hydrocarbons; landscaping
This study aims to combine phytoremediation and the use of suitable amendments to maximize their favorable effects on mitigating petroleum hydrocarbon contaminations in terrestrial ecosystems. The addition of wood chips as an amendment significantly increased the survival rate of the selected Mediterranean shrub and reduced the residual amount of PHCs in the soil.
Phytoremediation and the use of suitable amendments are well-known technologies for the mitigation of petroleum hydrocarbon (PHC) contaminations in terrestrial ecosystems. Our study is aimed at combining these two approaches to maximize their favorable effects. To this purpose, Helichrysum microphyllum subsp. tyrrhenicum, a Mediterranean shrub growing on sandy and semiarid soils, was selected. The weathered PHC-polluted matrix (3.3 +/- 0.8 g kg(-1) dry weight) from a disused industrial site was employed as the cultivation substrate with (WCAM) or without (UNAM) the addition and mixing of wood chips. Under the greenhouse conditions, the species showed a survival rate higher than 90% in the UNAM while the amendment administration restored the totality of the plant survival. At the end of the greenhouse test (nine months), the treatment with the wood chips significantly increased the moisture, dehydrogenase activity and abundance of the microbial populations of the PHC degraders in the substrate. Cogently, the residual amount of PHCs was significantly lower in the UNAM (3-92% of the initial quantity) than in the WCAM (3-14% of the initial quantity). Moreover, the crown diameter was significantly higher in the WCAM plants. Overall, the results establish the combined technology as a novel approach for landscaping and the bioremediation of sites chronically injured by PHC-weathered contaminations.
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