Strategy of Phytoremediation for Sustainable Use of Arsenic-Rich Farmland †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experiment Site
2.2. Soil Properties
2.3. Planting Experiment
3. Results
3.1. Soil Properties and Arsenic Concentration
3.2. Pteris vittata L.
3.3. Zea mays L.
3.4. Rotala rotundifolia
3.5. Changes in the Bioavailable Arsenic Concentration in the Soil
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Properties | Unit | L | M | H | |
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As concentration | mg/kg | 34.1 ± 5.0 | 68.9 ± 9.4 | 105.5 ± 3.3 | |
pH | - | 6.58 | 6.61 | 6.81 | |
Conductivity | μS/cm | 245 | 162 | 269 | |
Organic matter | % | 3.23 | 3.22 | 3.06 | |
Bioavailable As concentration | 0.1 M HCl | mg/kg | 0.64 | 0.72 | 1.61 |
Wenzel F1 + F2 | mg/kg | 5.4 | 11.1 | 21.0 |
Soil Type | Average Biomass (g Per Plant, Dry Basis) | As Removal Amount (mg) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Underground | Aboveground | Total | Per Plant | Per m2 | |
PL | 20.4 ± 8.6 | 135.6 ± 29.6 | 156.0 | 7.63 | 63.61 |
PM | 14.7 ± 5.7 | 120.4 ± 34.1 | 135.1 | 14.27 | 118.93 |
PH | 17.2 ± 4.9 | 91.2 ± 29.1 | 108.4 | 24.20 | 201.68 |
Soil Type | Average Biomass (g Per Plant, Dry Basis) | As Removal Amount (mg) | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Root | Stem | Leaf | B.Leaf | Cob | Kernel | Total | Per Plant | Per m2 | |
ZL | 60.4 | 121.3 | 61.0 | 58.0 | 59.2 | 178.8 | 538.7 | 0.36 | 6.05 |
ZM | 59.0 | 134.3 | 58.4 | 67.9 | 63.7 | 127.4 | 510.7 | 0.43 | 7.09 |
ZH | 58.7 | 148.6 | 57.0 | 62.5 | 60.7 | 143.4 | 530.8 | 0.49 | 8.16 |
Soil Type | Average Biomass (g/m2, Dry Basis) | As Removal Amount (mg/m2) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Root | Shoot | Total | Root | Shoot | Total | |
GL | 3.9 ± 0.3 | 134.9 ± 23.0 | 138.8 | 1.144 | 7.732 | 8.877 |
GM | 3.4 ± 0.4 | 172.2 ± 13.1 | 175.6 | 0.225 | 0.969 | 1.194 |
GH | 7.1 ± 1.3 | 181.8 ± 39.8 | 188.9 | 0.302 | 0.680 | 0.982 |
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Chen, C.-C.; Lin, M.-S.; Cheng, P.-C.; Huang, C.-Y.; Cheng, S.-F. Strategy of Phytoremediation for Sustainable Use of Arsenic-Rich Farmland. Eng. Proc. 2024, 74, 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024074008
Chen C-C, Lin M-S, Cheng P-C, Huang C-Y, Cheng S-F. Strategy of Phytoremediation for Sustainable Use of Arsenic-Rich Farmland. Engineering Proceedings. 2024; 74(1):8. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024074008
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Chang-Chao, Min-Siou Lin, Pei-Cheng Cheng, Chin-Yuan Huang, and Shu-Fen Cheng. 2024. "Strategy of Phytoremediation for Sustainable Use of Arsenic-Rich Farmland" Engineering Proceedings 74, no. 1: 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024074008