| Autor: | Hideo Kakuta, Inderjit, Chikako Asakawa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
biology
Trichloroethylene General Medicine Biodegradation Vermiculite biology.organism_classification Biochemistry Chloride Phytoremediation chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Environmental chemistry Botany Shoot medicine Phytotoxicity Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Daucus carota medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Chemical Ecology. 29:1329-1335 |
| ISSN: | 0098-0331 |
| Popis: | 1,1,2-Trichloroethylene (TCE), a chlorinated organic contaminant, poses serious environmental concerns. A study was conducted to evaluate the phytotoxicity of TCE to a crop species and its fate in vermiculite. Growth bioassays were carried out using carrot (Daucus carota L.) as the test species. Three different concentrations, 0.25, 0.50, and 1 ppm were used to evaluate phytotoxicity of TCE. When added to petri plates with cotton pads, TCE did not have any effect on carrot seedling growth. However, when added to vermiculite, it significantly suppressed growth. Shoot growth was inhibited only at the 1 ppm concentration. Recovery experiments were carried out to study the fate of TCE in vermiculite. A significant decline in the percent recovery was observed with time. Interestingly, TCE additional peaks (unknown organic molecules) were detected with declining concentrations. The available chloride ion concentration in vermiculite containing 1 ppm of TCE for 24 hr was significantly higher compared to control. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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