Phytoremediation of Cadmium by Native Plants Grown on Mining Soil

• Published in: Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology Vol. 100; no. 2; pp. 293 - 297
• Main Authors: Palutoglu, Mahmut, Akgul, Bunyamin, Suyarko, Vasily, Yakovenko, Myroslava, Kryuchenko, Nataliya, Sasmaz, Ahmet
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.02.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic Pollution; Bioaccumulation; Biodegradation, Environmental; Cadmium; Cadmium - analysis; Cadmium - metabolism; Carduus nutans; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Indigenous plants; indigenous species; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; mass spectrometry; Mass spectroscopy; Mining; Native species; Phlomis; Phytoremediation; Plant Roots - chemistry; Plants (botany); Plants - chemistry; Pollution; roots; shoots; Silver; soil; Soil - chemistry; Soil contamination; Soil investigations; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Soil Pollutants - metabolism; soil sampling; Soil Science & Conservation; Translocation; Turkey; Turkey (country); Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Turkey; Turkey (country); Mining area; Bioaccumulation; Pollution
• ISSN: 0007-4861; 1432-0800; 1432-0800
• DOI: 10.1007/s00128-017-2220-5

The Gümüsköy mining area is located about 25 km west of Kutahya and is the largest silver deposit in Turkey. The present study investigated translocation and accumulation of cadmium (Cd) from the soil into 11 native plants. Plant and soil samples were collected from the field, and Cd concentrations were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy. Mean Cd values in the soil, root, and shoot of native plants in the study area were 82.8 ± 5, 55.4 ± 6, and 43.5 ± 4 mg kg − 1 , respectively. Plants were separated into several groups according to the enrichment coefficients for shoot and root values of plants. These groups showed Carduus nutans and Phlomis could be potentially bioaccumulator plants useful for phytoremediation of mining soils contaminated by Cd.