METAL UPTAKE AND ALLOCATION IN TREES GROWN ON CONTAMINATED LAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOMASS PRODUCTION
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in International Journal of Phytoremediation
- Vol. 15 (1), 77-90
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15226514.2012.670317
Abstract
Phytostabilization aims to reduce environmental and health risks arising from contaminated soil. To be economically attractive, plants used for phytostabilization should produce valuable biomass. This study investigated the biomass production and metal allocation to foliage and wood of willow (Salix viminalis L.), poplar (Populus monviso), birch (Betula pendula), and oak (Quercus robur) on five different soils contaminated with trace elements (TE), with varying high concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb as well as an uncontaminated control soil. In the treatment soils, the biomass was reduced in all species except oak. There was a significant negative correlation between biomass and foliar Cd and Zn concentrations, reaching up to 15 mg Cd kg−1 and 2000 mg Zn kg −1 in willow leaves. Lead was the only TE with higher wood than foliage concentrations. The highest Pb accumulation occurred in birch with up to 135 mg kg −1 in wood and 78 mg kg −1 in foliage. Birch could be suitable for phytostabilization of soils with high Cd and Zn but low Pb concentrations, while poplars and willows could be used to stabilise soils with high Cu and Pb and low Zn and Cd concentrations.Keywords
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