Abbasi, Hooman, Pourmajidian, Mohammad Reza, hodjati, Seyed mohammad, Fallah, Asghar (2016). Comparison of Lead Uptake by Four Seedling Species (Acer cappadocicum, Fraxinus excelsior, Thuja orientalis and Cupressus arizonica). , 4(4), 1617-1629.
Hooman Abbasi; Mohammad Reza Pourmajidian; Seyed mohammad hodjati; Asghar Fallah. "Comparison of Lead Uptake by Four Seedling Species (Acer cappadocicum, Fraxinus excelsior, Thuja orientalis and Cupressus arizonica)". , 4, 4, 2016, 1617-1629.
Abbasi, Hooman, Pourmajidian, Mohammad Reza, hodjati, Seyed mohammad, Fallah, Asghar (2016). 'Comparison of Lead Uptake by Four Seedling Species (Acer cappadocicum, Fraxinus excelsior, Thuja orientalis and Cupressus arizonica)', , 4(4), pp. 1617-1629.
Abbasi, Hooman, Pourmajidian, Mohammad Reza, hodjati, Seyed mohammad, Fallah, Asghar Comparison of Lead Uptake by Four Seedling Species (Acer cappadocicum, Fraxinus excelsior, Thuja orientalis and Cupressus arizonica). , 2016; 4(4): 1617-1629.

Comparison of Lead Uptake by Four Seedling Species (Acer cappadocicum, Fraxinus excelsior, Thuja orientalis and Cupressus arizonica)

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Article 7, Volume 4, Issue 4 - Serial Number 18, 2016, Pages 1617-1629    PDF (600.85 K)
Authors
Hooman Abbasi* 1; Mohammad Reza Pourmajidian2; Seyed mohammad hodjati2; Asghar Fallah2
1Former Ph.D. Student, Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, Sari Agriculture and Natural Resource University, Sari, Iran
2Associate Professor, Forestry Department, Faculty of Natural Resources, Sari Agriculture and Natural Resource University, Sari, Iran
Abstract
The phytoremediation capability in Pb removal from the contaminated soils by three native seedlings species (Acer cappadocicum, Fraxinus excelsior and Thuja orientalis) and one exotic species (Cupressus arizonica) were compared. The seedlings were grown in Pb contaminated soils at 0, 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 mg kg-1 concentrations for 6 months (Mar 21 to Sept. 22, 2015), after which the biomass allocation and Pb accumulation in tissues of root, stem, and leaf were assessed. The results showed that the higher Pb levels (400 and 500 mg kg-1 soil) caused significant reduction in growth in all species, but this inhibition was less marked in the two conifer (T. orientalis and C. arizonica) compared to the two broad-leaf seedlings (A. cappadocicum and F. excelsior). Pb concentration in different tissues of seedlings increased with its increase in the soil. Further, Pb accumulation in the conifers was twice higher than that of the broad-leave species. Therefore, this study suggests that the two conifer species (P. orientalis and C. arizonica) can be used for phytoremediation, although further research is needed to make a final decision.
Keywords
Biomass; Growth; lead; Phytoremediation; Seedling
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