Monitoring the Efficiency of Rhazya stricta L. Plants in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soil
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Growth Rate and Resource Allocation
2.2. Concentration of Heavy Metals
2.3. Correlation Analysis
2.4. Bioconcentration and Translocation Factors
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Study Species
4.2. Pot Experiment
4.3. Growth Rate
4.4. Heavy Metal Analysis
4.5. Calculation of Bioconcentration and Translocation Factors
4.6. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Metal | Root | Stem | Leaf |
---|---|---|---|
Cd | 0.856 | −0.250 | −0.201 |
Pb | 0.988 * | 0.478 | 0.210 |
Cu | 0.95 * | 0.576 | 0.117 |
Zn | 0.996 * | 0.968 * | 0.964 * |
Metal Conc. in Soil | Translocation Factor in Plant Shoots | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cd | Pb | Cu | Zn | |||||
TF Stem | TF Leaves | TF Stem | TF Leaves | TF Stem | TF Leaves | TF Stem | TF Leaves | |
0 | 0.92 a | 0.81 a | 0.69 a | 0.56 a | 0.74 a | 0.95 a | 0.90 a | 0.96 a |
10 | 0.51 b | 0.88 a | 0.61 a | 0.57 a | 0.81 a | 0.35 b | 0.79 b | 0.92 a |
50 | 0.79 a | 0.91 a | 0.74 a | 0.53 b | 0.83 a | 0.92 a | 0.76 b | 0.88 a |
100 | 0.13 c | 0.23 b | 0.15 b | 0.08 c | 0.16 b | 0.29 b | 0.59 c | 0.68 b |
L.S.D | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.12 |
Heavy Metal | Lamp Current (mA) | Fuel | Support | Wavelength (nm) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cadmium | 5 | Acetylene | Air | 228.8 |
Lead | 10 | Acetylene | Air | 217 |
Copper | 5 | Acetylene | Air | 324.8 |
Zinc | 10 | Acetylene | Air | 213.9 |
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Azab, E.; Hegazy, A.K. Monitoring the Efficiency of Rhazya stricta L. Plants in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soil. Plants 2020, 9, 1057. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091057
Azab E, Hegazy AK. Monitoring the Efficiency of Rhazya stricta L. Plants in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soil. Plants. 2020; 9(9):1057. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091057
Chicago/Turabian StyleAzab, Ehab, and Ahmad K. Hegazy. 2020. "Monitoring the Efficiency of Rhazya stricta L. Plants in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soil" Plants 9, no. 9: 1057. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091057