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Advances in Phytomanagement

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 2469

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Domenico Morabito

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Université d'Orléans, LBLGC INRA USC1328, rue de Chartres, BP 6759, CEDEX 2, 45067 Orléans, France
Interests: proteomic response to abiotic stresses; phytomanagement; metal(loid) pollution; tree physiology; ecotoxicology; biochar
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Dr. Sylvain Bourgerie

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Université d'Orléans, LBLGC INRA USC1328, rue de Chartres, BP 6759, CEDEX 2, 45067 Orléans, France
Interests: biochemistry and molecular biology; eco-restoration; soil microbiology; metal(loid) transfer; bioaccumulation; biochar
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Dr. Manhattan Lebrun

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National Institute for Agricultural Research, Ecosys Soil, UMR INRA-AgroParisTech, 78820 Thiverval-Grignon, France
Interests: soil remediation; biochar; phytoremediation; amendments

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Contaminated soils can be remediated by plants and their associated microbiota in order to remove, uptake, or render harmless contaminants. Such a process can be optimized by manipulating the soil–plant system. This can be achieved through the use of pollutant tolerant plants and/or the application on contaminated areas of amendments whose purpose will be to stabilize the pollutants in the soil and make them not bioavailable. Thus, the presence of a plant cover on a polluted site that until then was barren will reduce wind erosion and water leaching, lowering the risk of contamination spreading. It will then be possible to valorize the biomass obtained either for the production of energy or the extraction of metalloids, for instance, which will ultimately produce an economic benefit. This Special Issue of Plants will highlight theoretical and experimental results of research in all fundamental and applied fields of phytomanagement.

Dr. Domenico Morabito
Dr. Sylvain Bourgerie
Dr. Manhattan Lebrun
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Keywords

  • phytomanagement
  • soil pollution
  • phytoremediation
  • metal(loid)s
  • phytoavailability
  • biomass production
  • phytomining

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Anaerobic Degradation of the Invasive Weed Solidago canadensis L. (goldenrod) and Copper Immobilization by a Community of Sulfate-Reducing and Methane-Producing Bacteria
by Olesia Havryliuk, Vira Hovorukha, Iryna Bida, Galyna Gladka, Artem Tymoshenko, Semen Kyrylov, Ruslan Mariychuk and Oleksandr Tashyrev
Plants 2023, 12(1), 198; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12010198 - 3 Jan 2023
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The weed Solidago canadensis L. poses a global threat to the environment as it spreads uncontrollably on roadsides, in forests, fields, meadows, and farmland. Goldenrod emits toxic substances that suppress other plants on the site, displacing wild ones. Thus, goldenrod conquers huge areas [...] Read more.
The weed Solidago canadensis L. poses a global threat to the environment as it spreads uncontrollably on roadsides, in forests, fields, meadows, and farmland. Goldenrod emits toxic substances that suppress other plants on the site, displacing wild ones. Thus, goldenrod conquers huge areas very quickly. The use of herbicides and mechanical methods does not solve the problem of the spontaneous spread of goldenrod. On the other hand, many scientists consider goldenrod as a valuable source of biologically active substances: flavonoids, phenolic compounds, vitamins, etc. In this study, we consider Solidago plants as a promising, free (cheap), and renewable substrate for the production of methane gas. The goal of the study was to identify the main patterns of degradation of the Solidago canadensis L. plant by methane-producing and sulfate-reducing bacteria with methane gas production and simultaneous detoxification of toxic copper. The composition of the gas phase was monitored by gas chromatography. The pH and redox potential parameters were determined potentiometrically; metal concentrations were measured by photometry. The concentration of flavonoids, sugars and phenolic compounds in plant biomass was determined according to well-known protocols. As a result of the study, high efficiencies of methane degradation in the Solidago plant and copper detoxification were obtained. Methane yield has reached the value of 68.2 L kg−1 TS of Solidago canadensis L. biomass. The degradation coefficient (Kd) was also high at 21.4. The Cu(II) was effectively immobilized by methanogens and sulfate reducers during the goldenrod degradation at the initial concentrations of 500 mg L−1. Thus, a new method of beneficial application of invasive plants was presented. The result confirms the possibility of using methanogenic microorganisms to produce methane gas from invasive weeds and detoxification of toxic metals. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Phytomanagement)
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