Phytoremediation of soils polluted by heavy metals and metalloids using crops: (ii) early results from the in situ experiment of torviscosa (udine)

Two annual high biomass yield crops – Sorghum bicolor and Helianthus annuus – were grown in a soil polluted by pyrite cinders. Specific aims of this work were: to observe the concentration of metals in plants during the crop cycle and to establish the amount of metal removal by the crops. The field...

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Main Authors: Luca Marchiol, Guido Fellet, Domenico Perosa, Patrizia Zaccheo, Giuseppe Zerbi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2008-07-01
Series:Italian Journal of Agronomy
Online Access:https://www.agronomy.it/index.php/agro/article/view/256