Selection of macrophytes with Cu-enriched root biomass intended for ecocatalyst production

Autor: Camille Rousset, Katherine Lizama-Allende, Nadège Oustriere, Lilian Marchand, Eli Roulet, Michel Mench, Francois Bordas
Přispěvatelé: Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés (BioGeCo), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Bordeaux (UB), Université du Chili, Université de Limoges (UNILIM)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Ecological Engineering
Ecological Engineering, Elsevier, 2019, 138, pp.88-96. ⟨10.1016/j.ecoleng.2019.07.001⟩
ISSN: 0925-8574
1872-6992
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2019.07.001⟩
Popis: International audience; Four macrophytes commonly used to clean up Cu contaminated effluents, i.e. Arundo donax L., Cyperus eragrostis Lam., Iris pseudacorus L. and Phalaris arundinacea L., were assessed to produce Cu-rich plant biomass intended for ecofriendly catalyst preparation. 7-month-old plants were exposed to a Cu gradient (0.08, 2, 10, 20 and 40 mu M Cu) in batch conditions during 2 months. Copper exposure affected the root DW yield of C. eragrostis from 2 mu M Cu, whereas I. pseudacorus and A. donax developed well. Maximum Cu concentration in the biomass of C. eragrostis and P. arundinacea (i.e. 255 and 838 mg Cu kg(-1) DW respectively) did not reach the 1000 mg Cu kg(-1) DW threshold value needed to produce Cu-ecocatalysts. Copper concentrations in the roots of I. pseudacorus and A. donax exceeded this threshold value at 40 mu M and over 10 mu M Cu, i.e. 1099 and 1809 mg Cu kg(-1) DW, respectively, making them relevant candidates for producing Cu-ecocatalysts.
Databáze: OpenAIRE