Effect of soil salinity levels on growth and chemical composition of<i>Syzygium cumini</i>L.

Patil, P. K.; Patil, V. C.

doi:10.1080/00221589.1983.11515101

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“…The reason for a reduced RGR for S. cumini with the 10% sewage treatment could have been a reduction in some enzymes in the cotyledon and endosperms. S. cumini can accumulate metals in their roots (Pant and Tripathi 2012;Khatri and Pathak 2013).…”

Section: Plant Biomass and The Growth Ratementioning

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Using plant species for phytoremediation of highly weathered soils contaminated with zinc and copper with application of sewage sludge

Aishah

Shamshuddin

Fauziah

et al. 2019

BioRes

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The ability of woody plant species to remediate heavy metals contaminated soils was investigated with the addition of sewage sludge. Jatropha curcas, Hibiscus cannabinus, Acacia mangium, and Syzygium cumini growth was monitored on an Oxisol- and an Ultisol-treated soil with sewage sludge at a level of 0% w/w, 5% w/w, or 10% w/w. The sewage sludge was found to enhance soil fertility, as shown by an increase in soil pH, cation exchange capacity, exchangeable bases (potassium, calcium, and magnesium), available phosphorous, total carbon, and total nitrogen. However, zinc and copper accumulated in soils at toxic levels; thus, they had to be removed before being used for crop production. The concentration of the two heavy metals in Jatropha curcas and Hibiscus cannabinus at harvest were higher than those of Acacia mangium and Syzygium cumini. The high uptake of zinc and copper by the first two plant species was the result of their high translocation factor, although the bio-concentration factor was low. Thus, Jatropha curcas and Hibiscus cannabinus were considered tolerant to zinc and copper toxicity and able to remove the metals efficiently from the contaminated soils.

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Section: Plant Biomass and The Growth Ratementioning

confidence: 99%