Arundo donax L. stress tolerance under irrigation with heavy metal aqueous solutions

dc.contributor.author	Papazoglou, EG	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:47:37Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:47:37Z
dc.date.issued	2007	en
dc.identifier.issn	00119164	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2006.03.600	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/3716
dc.subject	Arundo donax	en
dc.subject	Biomass	en
dc.subject	Bioremediation	en
dc.subject	Cadmium	en
dc.subject	Energy crop	en
dc.subject	Growth	en
dc.subject	Nickel	en
dc.subject	Phytoremediation	en
dc.subject	Stress tolerance	en
dc.subject.other	Biomass	en
dc.subject.other	Bioremediation	en
dc.subject.other	Cadmium	en
dc.subject.other	Heavy metals	en
dc.subject.other	Nickel	en
dc.subject.other	Plants (botany)	en
dc.subject.other	Soils	en
dc.subject.other	Solutions	en
dc.subject.other	Energy crop	en
dc.subject.other	Giant reeds	en
dc.subject.other	Heavy metal aqueous solutions	en
dc.subject.other	Phytoremediation	en
dc.subject.other	Stress tolerance	en
dc.subject.other	Irrigation	en
dc.subject.other	Biomass	en
dc.subject.other	Bioremediation	en
dc.subject.other	Cadmium	en
dc.subject.other	Heavy metals	en
dc.subject.other	Irrigation	en
dc.subject.other	Nickel	en
dc.subject.other	Plants (botany)	en
dc.subject.other	Soils	en
dc.subject.other	Solutions	en
dc.subject.other	cadmium	en
dc.subject.other	drip irrigation	en
dc.subject.other	grass	en
dc.subject.other	heavy metal	en
dc.subject.other	nickel	en
dc.subject.other	pollution tolerance	en
dc.subject.other	Arundo donax	en
dc.title	Arundo donax L. stress tolerance under irrigation with heavy metal aqueous solutions	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.desal.2006.03.600	en
heal.publicationDate	2007	en
heal.abstract	This study investigates the influence of widely ranged soil cadmium and nickel content on the biomass quantity and quality produced by Arundo donax L. (giant reed). The aim was to determine whether giant reed is hypertolerant to these heavy metals and therefore could exploit polluted sites, which could not be used for food production, by producing useful biofuel. A 2-year pot experiment was held in the field and an automated drip irrigation system was established to provide daily the plants with aqueous solutions of cadmium and nickel in concentrations of 5, 50 and 100 mg l-1, against the control (tap water). At the end of each experimental year the soil total Cd and Ni content was determined and ranged between 13.5 mg kg-1 Cd and 68.5 mg kg-1 Ni (low treatment - first year) and 973.8 mg kg-1 Cd and 2543.3 mg kg-1 Ni (high treatment - second year). During both growing periods the number of branches was recorded. In mid October of each year the plants were harvested and the plant height and the fresh and dry weight of stems, leaves, branches, root system, above ground part and total plant were determined. Also, giant reeds biomass allocation, moisture content (%) and water use efficiency were measured. The observed morphological and biomass characteristics were smaller than those reported in literature due to the fact that the plants were grown in pots. Nevertheless, all measured parameters did not differ among treated and control plants, indicating the high tolerance ability of that species to the examined metals. © 2007.	en
heal.journalName	Desalination	en
dc.identifier.issue	1-3	en
dc.identifier.volume	211	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.desal.2006.03.600	en
dc.identifier.spage	304	en
dc.identifier.epage	313	en