From: Phytoremediation of some heavy metals in contaminated soil
Treatment | Second planting season (flax) | ||||||||||
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Soil additive | Foliar spraying | Shoot | Root | Whole plant | Soil after second planting | Remediated fraction | Remediation (%) | Double season phytoremediation (%) | BCF shoot | BCF root | BCF whole plant |
Sulfur | Humic acid | 4.99a | 8.21a | 13.19a | 22.85l | 13.39a | 36.95a | 66.87a | 0.218a | 0.359a | 0.577a |
Sulfur | Gibberellin | 3.16e | 6.21d | 9.36c | 23.85k | 10.16h | 29.85b | 65.42b | 0.132b | 0.260b | 0.392b |
Sulfur | Control | 3.09f | 5.60h | 8.68g | 28.70j | 9.41k | 24.69f | 58.39c | 0.108d | 0.195d | 0.302c |
Compost | Humic acid | 2.54i | 6.55b | 9.09e | 32.52h | 12.91b | 28.42c | 52.86e | 0.078f | 0.201c | 0.280d |
Compost | Gibberellin | 3.08f | 4.84k | 7.91i | 34.21f | 11.41d | 25.01e | 50.41g | 0.090e | 0.141j | 0.231g |
Compost | Control | 3.18d | 3.93l | 7.10l | 35.50e | 11.99c | 25.26d | 48.54h | 0.090e | 0.111l | 0.200k |
Control | Humic acid | 3.46c | 6.13e | 9.58b | 31.87i | 10.13i | 24.10i | 53.80d | 0.109d | 0.192e | 0.301c |
Control | Gibberellin | 3.98b | 5.18i | 9.15d | 33.15g | 10.69g | 24.38g | 51.94f | 0.120c | 0.156i | 0.276e |
Control | Control | 2.80g | 4.87j | 7.66k | 35.87c | 9.67j | 21.23h | 48.00j | 0.078f | 0.136k | 0.214i |
Vermiculite | Humic acid | 2.58h | 6.33c | 8.90f | 35.89b | 10.82f | 23.16j | 47.97k | 0.072g | 0.176f | 0.248f |
Vermiculite | Gibberellin | 2.12j | 5.89g | 8.00h | 35.74d | 11.35e | 24.10i | 48.19i | 0.059h | 0.165g | 0.224h |
Vermiculite | Control | 1.76k | 6.00f | 7.75j | 37.56a | 8.90l | 19.16k | 45.55l | 0.047i | 0.160h | 0.206j |
Mean | 3.06 | 5.81 | 8.86 | 32.31 | 10.90 | 25.53 | 53.16 | 0.10 | 0.19 | 0.29 | |
Minimum | 1.76 | 3.93 | 7.10 | 22.85 | 8.90 | 19.16 | 45.55 | 0.047 | 0.111 | 0.200 | |
Maximum | 4.99 | 8.21 | 13.19 | 37.56 | 13.39 | 36.95 | 66.87 | 0.218 | 0.359 | 0.577 |