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- Title: Using Orthosiphon Stamineus B. for Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals in Soils Amended with Sewage Sludge (Report)
- Author : American Journal of Applied Sciences
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 214 KB
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INTRODUCTION Phytoremediation is termed as an in-situ or ex-situ engineered use of plants to remove or control contaminant, or to foster contaminants breakdown by microorganisms in plant and used the term to evaluate the plants use to accumulate metals from the groundwater and soil (Schnoor et al., 1995). Jamil et al. (2009) explained that phytoremediation techniques required very low costs to carry out. Likewise, (Meagher, 2000; Ahmadpour et al., 2010) studied that this method is widely recognized and accepted as an ecologically responsible alternative to the environmental destructive chemical remediation methods. In addition, this particular technique is considered as an environment-friendly as it utilizes natural resources such as microorganisms (Jamil et al., 2009). The process of phytoremediation comprises two distinctive physiological processes which are the uptake of heavy metals by the plant or by the root colonizing microbes.