One magic pteridophyte (Pteris vittata L.): Application in remediating arsenic contaminated soils and mechanism of arsenic hyperaccumulation

One pteridophyte, Pteris vittata L., was found to be a suitable plant used in phytoremediation of the soils contaminated with excess arsenic. In this paper, literature on this fern’s potential in remediating soils contaminated with arsenic, its possible detoxification strategies, and the measures fa...

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Published inFrontiers of agriculture in China Vol. 4; no. 3; pp. 293 - 298
Main Authors Zheng, Jiemin, Niu, Tianxin, Wu, Genliang, Chen, Wenyue
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Heidelberg SP Higher Education Press 01.09.2010
Higher Education Press Limited Company
Subjects
Agriculture
Analysis
Arsenic
Biomass
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Drinking water
Ferns
Life Sciences
Pteris vittata
Review
Soil contaminants
Soil contamination
Studies
Wood preservatives
soil
pteridophyte
fern
arsenic
L
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Summary:One pteridophyte, Pteris vittata L., was found to be a suitable plant used in phytoremediation of the soils contaminated with excess arsenic. In this paper, literature on this fern’s potential in remediating soils contaminated with arsenic, its possible detoxification strategies, and the measures facilitating its practical application in phytoremediation were reviewed. Some of the unresolved questions about this fern in both detoxification and phytoextraction of arsenic (As) were also listed. The aim of this paper was to introduce this magic fern to more researchers focusing on a wider field of discipline and make it more useful in both macroscopic and microcosmic science world.
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ISSN:1673-7334
1673-744X
DOI:10.1007/s11703-010-0104-0