Copper Phytoextraction and Phytostabilization by <i>Brachiaria decumbens</i> Stapf. in Vineyard Soils and a Copper Mining Waste

Evaluation of copper resistant bacteria from vineyard soils and mining waste for copper biosorption

Vineyard soils are frequently polluted with high concentrations of copper due application of copper sulfate in order to control fungal diseases. Bioremediation is an efficient process for the treatment of contaminated sites. Efficient copper sorption bacteria can be used for bioremoval of copper from contaminated sites. In this study, a total of 106 copper resistant bacteria were examined for r...

Copper Accumulation in Vineyard Soils: Distribution, Fractionation and Bioavailability Assessment

Growth response and phytoextraction of copper at different levels in soils by Elsholtzia splendens.

Phytoremediation is a promising approach for cleaning up soils contaminated with heavy metals. Information is needed to understand growth response and uptake mechanisms of heavy metals by some plant species with exceptional capability in absorbing and superaccumulating metals from soils. Greenhouse study, field trial, and old mined area survey were conducted to evaluate growth response and Cu p...

Phytoextraction of cadmium, copper, zinc and mercury by selected plants

During the years 2006 and 2007 the phytoextraction ability of maize (Zea mays), willow-tree (Salix smithiana) and poplar (Populus nigra × P. maximowiczii) to accumulate cadmium, copper, mercury and zinc was investigated. Small scale field experiment was carried out on soil contaminated with chemicals from the waste incineration plant in Hradec Kralové (Czech republic). Screening of this allotme...

Use of Festuca ovina L. in Chelate Assisted Phytoextraction of Copper Contaminated Soils

Festuca ovina L. is a hyperaccumulating plant which has aroused considerableinterest with respect to its possible use for phytoremediation of contaminated soils. Thisstudy has been conducted to evaluate the potentials of F. ovina L. to serve as aphytoremediation plant in the cleaning up of Cu in the polluted soils and to identifyextraction efficiency of Ethylene Diamine Tetraacetic Acid (EDTA) ...