Aspects Regarding the Installation of Some Invasive Weeds Species on Old Fly Ash Dumps

Most Romanian power plants were built in a period when environmental impact of their operation was undervalued, and constraints related to environmental protection were relatively few. Location of power plants and fly ash dumps was chosen most often by arbitrary criteria, and never after the impact...

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Main Authors: Anca Pricop, Benoni Lixandru, Smaranda Mâşu, Neculai Dragomir, Florica Morariu
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Language:English
Published: Agroprint Timisoara 2023-10-01
Series:Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies
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Online Access:https://spasb.ro/index.php/public_html/article/view/1406
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author Anca Pricop
Benoni Lixandru
Smaranda Mâşu
Neculai Dragomir
Florica Morariu
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description Most Romanian power plants were built in a period when environmental impact of their operation was undervalued, and constraints related to environmental protection were relatively few. Location of power plants and fly ash dumps was chosen most often by arbitrary criteria, and never after the impact that it may have on the environment. Building fly ash dumps have an effect of destruction of soils not only on the surface equivalent to those of dumps but also of the contiguous lands. Old fly ash dumps are a major risk because of the dispersion of pollutants in water and soil by percolation and soil leaching, and because of the unwanted invasion of weeds that are adaptable to arid conditions of the dumps and then invade surrounding areas jeopardizing the surrounding crops. In attempting to install vegetation an old fly ash dumps, the area were invaded by two species of weeds that quickly overgrown the experimental parcel and the surroundings. The present study followed the invasion degree of fly ash dumps with weeds and aspects regarding their development and breeding in the new formed ecosystem.
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spelling doaj.art-3dbca3dbb84b4ab4a9bcd50a9e719ffa2024-04-10T05:31:20ZengAgroprint TimisoaraScientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies1841-93642344-45762023-10-014321331331406Aspects Regarding the Installation of Some Invasive Weeds Species on Old Fly Ash DumpsAnca Pricop0Benoni Lixandru1Smaranda Mâşu2Neculai Dragomir3Florica Morariu4Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 300645, Timisoara, Calea Aradului no. 119Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 300645, Timisoara, Calea Aradului no. 119National R &D Institute for Industrial Ecology Branch of Timisoara, 300004,Timişoara, Regina Maria Street no. 1Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 300645, Timisoara, Calea Aradului no. 119Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 300645, Timisoara, Calea Aradului no. 119Most Romanian power plants were built in a period when environmental impact of their operation was undervalued, and constraints related to environmental protection were relatively few. Location of power plants and fly ash dumps was chosen most often by arbitrary criteria, and never after the impact that it may have on the environment. Building fly ash dumps have an effect of destruction of soils not only on the surface equivalent to those of dumps but also of the contiguous lands. Old fly ash dumps are a major risk because of the dispersion of pollutants in water and soil by percolation and soil leaching, and because of the unwanted invasion of weeds that are adaptable to arid conditions of the dumps and then invade surrounding areas jeopardizing the surrounding crops. In attempting to install vegetation an old fly ash dumps, the area were invaded by two species of weeds that quickly overgrown the experimental parcel and the surroundings. The present study followed the invasion degree of fly ash dumps with weeds and aspects regarding their development and breeding in the new formed ecosystem.https://spasb.ro/index.php/public_html/article/view/1406fly ash dumpbiosolidsinvasive weeds
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Florica Morariu
Aspects Regarding the Installation of Some Invasive Weeds Species on Old Fly Ash Dumps
Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies
fly ash dump
biosolids
invasive weeds
title Aspects Regarding the Installation of Some Invasive Weeds Species on Old Fly Ash Dumps
title_full Aspects Regarding the Installation of Some Invasive Weeds Species on Old Fly Ash Dumps
title_fullStr Aspects Regarding the Installation of Some Invasive Weeds Species on Old Fly Ash Dumps
title_full_unstemmed Aspects Regarding the Installation of Some Invasive Weeds Species on Old Fly Ash Dumps
title_short Aspects Regarding the Installation of Some Invasive Weeds Species on Old Fly Ash Dumps
title_sort aspects regarding the installation of some invasive weeds species on old fly ash dumps
topic fly ash dump
biosolids
invasive weeds
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