Original scientific paper
EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SOIL POLLUTION BY CADMIUM ON POPLAR SEEDLINGS (Populus nigra var. Italica)
Tamara Jakovljević
; Croatian forest research institute
Ivana Radojčić Redovniković
; Prehrambeno-biološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Ivica Čehulić
; Croatian forest research institute
Ivana Bukovac
; Prehrambeno-biološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Ana Potočki
; Croatian forest research institute
Abstract
Phytoremediation is considered the new technology that uses plant for soil purification. It is economically acceptable, inexpensive and aesthetically acceptable and gives the opportunity to remediate heavy metals from contaminated soils. The potential use of trees in the
phytoremediation of soil contaminated with heavy metals has been recognized in the past decades because of trees properties: fast growth, huge biomass, deep root system and cheap cultivation. In this study the phytoextraction potential and morphological properties of poplar (Populus nigra var. Italica) in response to plant stress caused by the accumulation different concentration of cadmium was investigated. Results indicate that the tested poplar (Populus nigra var. Italica) can be considered as a species with fitoextraction potential for the soil polluted with cadmium.
Keywords
cadmium; morphological properties; poplar; phytoextraction potential: pytoremediation; soil
Hrčak ID:
129274
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Publication date:
1.3.2014.
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