Introduction of Hyperaccumulator Plants with Phytoremediation Potential of a Lead- Zinc Mine in Iran
Contamination of heavy metals represents one of the
most pressing threats to water and soil resources as well as human
health. Phytoremediation can be potentially used to remediate metalcontaminated
sites. A major step towards the development of
phytoremediation of heavy metal impacted soils is the discovery of
the heavy metal hyperaccumulation in plants. In this study, the
several established criteria to define a hyperaccumulator plant were
applied. The case study was represented by a mining area in
Hamedan province in the central west part of Iran. Obtained results
showed that the most of sampled species were able to grow on
heavily metal-contaminated soils and also were able to accumulate
extraordinarily high concentrations of some metals such as Zn, Mn,
Cu, Pb and Fe. Using the most common criteria, Euphorbia
macroclada and Centaurea virgata can be classified as
hyperaccumulators of some measured heavy metals and, therefore,
they have suitable potential for phytoremediation of contaminated
soils.
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vol. 18, no. 5, pp, 647-658, 2002.
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vegetation," Environ. Pollut. J., vol. 9, no. 2, pp, 243-251, 1975.
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"Hyperaccumulation of Pb, Zn and Cd in herbaceous grown on lead-zinc
mining area in Yunnan, China," Environ. Int. J., vol. 31, no. 5, pp, 755-
762, 2005.
[1] D. C. Adriano, W. W. Wenzel, J. Vangronsveld, and N. S. Bolan, "Role
of assisted natural remediation in environmental cleanup," Geoderma. J.,
Vol. 122, no. 2-4, pp. 121-142, 2004.
[2] B. J. Alloway, A. P. Jackson, and H. Morgan, 1990. "The accumulation
of cadmium by vegetables grown on soils contaminated from a variety of
sources," Sci. Total Environ. J., vol. 91, no. 17, pp. 223-236, 1990.
[3] A. Assuncao, P. Martins, S. De Folter, R. Vooijs, H. Schat, and M. G.
M. Aarts, "Elevated expression of metal transporter genes in three
accessions of the metal hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens," Plant
Cell Environ. J., vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 217-226, 2001.
[4] A. J. M. Baker, and R. R. Brooks, "Terrestrial higher plants which
hyperaccumulate metallic elements- a review of their distribution,
ecology and phytochemistry," Biorecovery. J., vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 81-126,
1989.
[5] V. Bert, P. Meerts, P. Saumitou-Laprade, P. Salis, W. Gruber, and N.
Verbruggen, "Genetic basis of Cd tolerance and hyperaccumulation in
Arabidopsis halleri," Plant Soil. J., vol. 249, no. 1, pp. 9-18, 2003.
[6] L. A. Bouwman, J. Bloem, P. F. A. M. Römkens, and J. Japenga,
"EDGA amendment of slightly heavy metal loaded soil affects heavy
metal solubility, crop growth and microbivorous nematodes but not
bacteria and herbivorous nematodes," Soil Biol. Biochem. . J., Vol. 37,
no. 2, pp. 271278, 2005.
[7] C. Branquinho, H. C. Serrano, M. J. Pinto, and M. A. Martins-Loucao,
M 2006. "Revisiting the plant hyperaccumulation criteria to rare plants
and earth abundant elements," Environ. Pollut. J., vol. 146, no. 2, pp.
437-443, 2006.
[8] R. L. Chaney, Plant uptake of inorganic waste constitutes, in: J. F. Parr,
P. B. Marsh, and J. M. Kla, (Eds.), Land Treatment of Hazardous
Wastes. Noyes Data Corp., Park Ridge, pp. 50-76, 1983.
[9] P. Istvan, and J. Benton, Trace elements. Lucie Press, Boca Raton,
Florida, 1997.
[10] A. Kabata-Pendias, and H. Pendias, Trace elements in soils and plants.
CRC Press, Florida, 1984.
[11] I. S. Kim, K. H. Kang, P. Johnson-Green, and E. J. Lee, "Investigation of
heavy metal accumulation in Polygonum thunbergii for
phytoextraction," Environ. Pollut. J., vol. 126, no. 2, pp. 235-243, 2003.
[12] L. Q. Ma, K. M. Komar, C. Tu, W. Zhang, Y. Cai, and E. D. Kennelley,
"A fern that hyperaccumulates arsenic," Nature. J., vol. 409, pp, 409,
579, 2001.
[13] M. Macnair, V. Bert, S. B. Huitson, P. Saumitou-Laprade, and D. Petit,
1999. "Zinc tolerance and hyperaccumulation are genetically
independent characters," Proc. Biol. Sci. J., vol. 266, no. 1434, pp.
2175-2179, 1999.
[14] B. Market, Element concentration in ecosystems. International Institute
of Advanced Ecological and Economic Studies. Zittau, Germany, 2003.
[15] [15] S. P. McGrath, and F. G. Zhao, "Phytoextraction of metals and
metalloids from contaminated soils," Curr. Opinion Biotechnol. J., vol.
14, no. 3, pp. 277-282, 2003.
[16] W. J. Mitsch, and S. E. Jorgensen, "Ecological engineering: a field
whose time has come," Ecol. Eng. J., vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 363-377, 2003.
[17] M. N. V. Prasad, and H. Freitas, "Metal hyperaccumulation in plants-
Biodiversity prospecting for phytoremediation technology," Electr. J.
Biotechnol. J., vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 285-321, 2003.
[18] S. Raicevic, T. Kaludjerovic-Radoicic, and A. I. Zouboulis, "In situ
stabilization of toxic metals in polluted soils using phosphates:
theoretical prediction and experimental verification," J. Hazard, Mat. J.,
vol. 117, no. 1, pp, 41-53, 2005.
[19] R. D. Reeves and A. J. M. Baker, Metal-accumulating plants, in: I.
Raskin, and B. D. Ensley (Eds.), Phytoremediation of toxic metals:
Using plants to clean up the environment. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New
York, pp. 193-229 2000.
[20] J. D. Roades, Salinity: electrical conductivity and total dissolved solids
methods of soil analysis, chemical methods. American Society of
Agronomy, Madison, WI, 1996.
[21] D. L. Rowell, Soil science: methods and applications. Longman, Harlow,
1994.
[22] G. Sposito, The chemistry of soils. Oxford University Press, New York,
1989.
[23] S. Susarla, V. F. Medina, and S. C. McCutcheon, "Phytoremediation: an
ecological solution to organic chemical contamination," Ecol. Eng. J.,
vol. 18, no. 5, pp, 647-658, 2002.
[24] K. H. Tan, Environmental soil science. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York,
1995.
[25] G. W. Thomas, Soil pH and soil acidity. In: Klute A (ed) Methods of soil
analysis, Part 3, 1996.
[26] N. I. Ward, R. D. Reeves, and R. R. Brooks, "Lead in soil and
vegetation," Environ. Pollut. J., vol. 9, no. 2, pp, 243-251, 1975.
[27] Z. Yanqun, L. Yuan, C. Jianjun, C. Haiyan, Q. Li, and C. Schvartz,
"Hyperaccumulation of Pb, Zn and Cd in herbaceous grown on lead-zinc
mining area in Yunnan, China," Environ. Int. J., vol. 31, no. 5, pp, 755-
762, 2005.
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most pressing threats to water and soil resources as well as human
health. Phytoremediation can be potentially used to remediate metalcontaminated
sites. A major step towards the development of
phytoremediation of heavy metal impacted soils is the discovery of
the heavy metal hyperaccumulation in plants. In this study, the
several established criteria to define a hyperaccumulator plant were
applied. The case study was represented by a mining area in
Hamedan province in the central west part of Iran. Obtained results
showed that the most of sampled species were able to grow on
heavily metal-contaminated soils and also were able to accumulate
extraordinarily high concentrations of some metals such as Zn, Mn,
Cu, Pb and Fe. Using the most common criteria, Euphorbia
macroclada and Centaurea virgata can be classified as
hyperaccumulators of some measured heavy metals and, therefore,
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