Responses of Phalaris canariensis L. Exposed to Commercial Fuels during Growth

• Published in: Water, air, and soil pollution Vol. 225; no. 7; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: Patat, María Laura, Passoni, Isabel, Arca, Jorge Martinez, González, Jorge Froilán, Murialdo, Silvia Elena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer-Verlag 01.07.2014; Springer International Publishing; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Analysis; analysis of variance; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Biodiesel fuels; Biofuels; Biomass energy; Chlorophyll; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Diesel fuels; Earth and Environmental Science; emergent plants; Engineering schools; Environment; Environmental monitoring; Farming; farming systems; Farms; Flowers & plants; Fuel; Fuels; Grasses; Growth; Hydrocarbons; Hydrogeology; Kerosene; leaves; Phalaris canariensis; Physiology; Phytoremediation; Plant growth; Pollution studies; Seeds; Soil Science & Conservation; Statistical analysis; tissue weight; Toxicity; Variance analysis; Water Quality/Water Pollution; Canary grass; Fuels; Toxicity
• ISSN: 0049-6979; 1573-2932
• DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-2021-y

The growth behavior of canary grass (Phalaris canariensis L) when cultivated in presence of farming fuels is reported in this work. P. canariensis L. is relevant in several countries. It is an emergent plant for phytoremediation and biofuel activities. The following variables: root length, stem length, total plant weight, green tissue weight (tiller, leaf), and total chlorophyll and chlorophyll a/b ratio, were monitored during the growth in presence of commercial fuels (premium grade, regular grade, diesel, and kerosene) at different concentrations. We applied a comprehensive statistical analysis to understand the results: Univariate analysis, factorial analysis of variance, and subsequent Tukey test were applied to the variables to assess the significance of the differences found. The normality of these variables was analyzed with the Shapiro Wilk test. All parameters were affected by all type and concentrations of fuels and its interaction. This is one of the first reported cases which describe the growth parameters responses from canary grass when cultivated in presence of an essentially constant concentration of farming fuels.