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... Soil pollution caused by cadmium (Cd) is a serious concern. Phytoremediation is a popular technology in the remediation of Cd-contaminated soil. Salix matsudana var. matsudana f. umbraculifera Rehd. has been characterized as a high Cd-accumulating and tolerant willow (HCW). Here, transcriptome and proteome profiling, along with morphology analyses were performed to explore molecular cross-talk inv ...
phytoremediation, etc ; alfalfa; antioxidant activity; cadmium; calcium; calcium channels; catalase; environment; food security; glutathione; greenhouses; human health; paddy soils; phagosomes; phosphates; photosynthesis; phytomass; pot culture; solubilization; transcriptome; Show all 20 Subjects
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... Cadmium contamination in agricultural soils threatens food security and human health, and that has caused widespread concern worldwide. Willow and alfalfa are widely used for the phytoremediation of cadmium (Cd)-contaminated soil, and willow NJU513 is the promising plant for remediating Cd-contaminated soil. In order to discuss the effect of intercropping willow NJU513 with alfalfa on the phytorem ...
phytoremediation, etc ; bioavailability; boron; toxicity; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Boron (B) is an inimitable plant micronutrient, predominantly distinguished by super-narrow range between its deficiency and toxicity concentrations, which depends upon boron speciation in the growth media and form of living organisms. Moreover, the significant variations in its mobility amid different species, and distinctive inter and intra-species responses to extreme concentrations. Therefore, ...
phytoremediation, etc ; bioavailability; enantiomers; fractionation; soil; technology; Show all 6 Subjects
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... To understand the role of plants for natural attenuation, a field study was conducted to characterize the fate of HCH in trees over an annual growth period using compound-specific isotope analysis and enantiomer fractionation. Stable and slightly higher δ¹³C and δ³⁷Cl values of HCH of host soil samples compared to the muck (consisting nearly exclusively of HCH) revealed that masking isotope effect ...
phytoremediation, etc ; air; electronic wastes; environment; longevity; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Decrease in life span of electronic devices and consumer’s urge to use advanced technology leads to obsolescence of such devices, resulting in electronic waste generation. The technology for e-waste components recycling has made great progress. However, due to growing environmental concern, there is a need to find alternatives for conventional e-waste recycling methods to achieve a safer environme ...
phytoremediation, etc ; adsorption; biochar; ciprofloxacin; pH; phosphoric acid; Show all 6 Subjects
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... In this study, biochar was prepared from Sidr plant leaves and used for the treatment of ciprofloxacin (CIP)-contaminated water. CIP is important class of emerging water pollutants from pharmaceutical industries. The biochar showed 65% adsorption efficiency and 43.48 mg/g adsorption capacity of CIP. Adsorption efficiency as well as adsorption capacity were improved to 91% and 62.50 mg/g, respectiv ...
phytoremediation, etc ; Salix; cultivars; ecological restoration; hardwood; shorelines; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Successful willow (Salix spp., hybrids and cultivars) establishment is a major determinant of their effectiveness when grown for phytotechnologies. Vertically-planted hardwood cuttings have been shown to produce adequate willow growth and survival, although site conditions at phytoremediation installations can make vertical planting methods unsuitable. The DeValix willow mat restoration technique ...
phytoremediation, etc ; abiotic stress; industrialization; polluted soils; urbanization; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Soil is considered as a vital natural resource equivalent to air and water which supports growth of the plants and provides habitats to microorganisms. Changes in soil properties, productivity, and, inevitably contamination/stress are the result of urbanisation, industrialization, and long-term use of synthetic fertiliser. Therefore, in the recent scenario, reclamation of contaminated/stressed soi ...
phytoremediation, etc ; groundwater contamination; oxidation; pH; soil remediation; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Soil washing is widely considered as a common method of soil remediation. This study examined the developments in soil washing during the past 20 years via a bibliometric and systematic critical review. Different washing agents (inorganic and organic chelating agents and surfactants) exhibit different effects and mechanisms under varying conditions. Most previous research has involved only laborat ...
phytoremediation, etc ; Betula pendula; environment; fluorescent dyes; microplastics; soil; Show all 6 Subjects
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... In this pilot study, microplastic beads (5–50 μm) were tagged with fluorescent dye and introduced to the soil of potted Betula pendula Roth. (silver birch) saplings during the growing season. After five months, root samples were examined using fluorescence- and confocal laser scanning microscopy. This paper presents the first documented indication of the incorporation of microplastic into root tis ...
phytoremediation, etc ; cost effectiveness; forage; halophytes; hyperaccumulators; metal tolerance; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Phytoremediation is a cost-effective and environment friendly method for cleaning metal(loid)s from contaminated soils. Species with exceptionally higher shoot metal concentrations (hyperaccumulators) seem ideal for phytoremediation, though some metal tolerant species with ‘above normal’ values with higher translocation factor (TF) may also serve the purpose. Halophytes not only remove salts and m ...
phytoremediation, etc ; Celosia argentea; biomass production; photosynthesis; weight loss; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Root pruning can impact the physiological functions of various plants, which influence phytoremediation. A series of root pruning treatments with different combinations of direction (two-side pruning and four-side pruning) and intensity (10, 25, and 33% pruning) were performed on Celosia argentea L. All two-side pruning treatments, regardless of intensity, decreased the dry biomass of the C. argen ...
Niraj R. Rane; Savita Tapase; Aakansha Kanojia; Anuprita Watharkar; El-Sayed Salama; Min Jang; Krishna Kumar Yadav; Mohammed A. Amin; Marina M.S. Cabral-Pinto; Jyoti P. Jadhav; Byong-Hun Jeon
phytoremediation, etc ; endophytes; industrialization; metabolomics; proteomics; rhizosphere; technology; transcriptomics; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The widespread distribution of organic and inorganic pollutants in water resources have increased due to rapid industrialization. Rhizospheric zone-associated bacteria along with endophytic bacteria show a significant role in remediation of various pollutants. Metaomics technologies are gaining an advantage over traditional methods because of their capability to obtain detailed information on excl ...
phytoremediation, etc ; Populus deltoides; energy; soil; trees; wood; wood fibers; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Poplar is an important tree species in the phytoremediation of Cadmium (Cd) in the soil. However, the research on its transport and accumulation mechanism in wood cells has not been conducted. In this paper, Poplar 69 [Populus deltoides Bartr. cv. ‘Lux’ (I-69/55)] was selected to study the distribution of Cd accumulated in the wood, both macroscopically, by Cd analysis along the trunk heights, and ...
phytoremediation, etc ; Salix; chlorophyll; fluorescence; photosynthesis; pollution; pot culture; research; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Soil cadmium (Cd) and pyrene (PYR) pollutions have gained worldwide attention due to their negative effects on the environment. Intermittent flooding in rain-rich areas may affect phytoremediation of Cd and PYR in soil. Therefore, a pot-culture experiment, with and without flooding, was conducted to study the effects of flooding on soil Cd and PYR phytoremediation. Concentrations of Cd, PYR, and n ...
phytoremediation, etc ; Croton; biomass; goats; iron; plant health; toxicity; weeds; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Some metals are necessary nutrients for plant health while some are toxic pollutants. In this study, the ability of Croton lindheimeri to uptake essential element Fe or toxic metal Sr was assessed separately. The amounts of iron plaque on the root systems and the levels of Fe in C. lindheimeri collected from an iron-rich field were assessed. The results indicated that Translocation Factor (TF) of ...
phytoremediation, etc ; Paraburkholderia; alfalfa; amino acids; carbohydrates; iron; nutrition; rhizosphere; xenobiotics; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Nano-enabled phytoremediation is an emerging remediation strategy for soils that are moderately contaminated with persistent organic contaminants, and there is a significant need for increased mechanistic understanding and for case studies. Herein, we evaluated the remediation of PCB28-contaminated soil using combined alfalfa and Fe-based materials, including zero-valent iron at 20 nm, 100 nm, and ...
Setyo Budi Kurniawan; Nur Nadhirah Ramli; Nor Sakinah Mohd Said; Jahira Alias; Muhammad Fauzul Imron; Siti Rozaimah Sheikh Abdullah; Ahmad Razi Othman; Ipung Fitri Purwanti; Hassimi Abu Hasan
phytoremediation, etc ; bioaugmentation; heavy metals; hyperaccumulators; microbial communities; phytomass; plant growth; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Bioaugmentation, the addition of cultured microorganisms to enhance the currently existing microbial community, is an option to remediate contaminated areas. Several studies reported the success of the bioaugmentation method in treating heavy metal contaminated soil, but concerns related to the applicability of this method in real-scale application were raised. A comprehensive analysis of the mech ...
phytoremediation, etc ; Agrostis capillaris; air; biochar; biogeochemistry; microorganisms; pH; rhizosphere; sowing; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Old mine waste repositories can present health and/or environmental issues linked to their erosion, inducing dissemination of metals and metalloids in air and water that can be attenuated through phytostabilization. Here, the effect of this widespread phytomanagement option on the biogeochemistry of a Pb-rich mine waste was evaluated with a laboratory pilot-scale experiment giving access to the no ...
phytoremediation, etc ; biodiversity; botany; chelation; halophytes; heavy metals; proline; root systems; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Halophytes are widely distributed worldwide and thrive in a wide range of environments such as coastal salt marshes, dunes, saline depressions, and inland deserts. They are also able to cope with heavy metal stress due to their developed morphological and physiological traits such as restricted entry of heavy metals through the root system, synthesis and storage of osmolytes such as proline, and i ...