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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Szczygłowska, Marzena
• Piekarska, Anna
• Konieczka, Piotr
• Namieśnik, Jacek

Titel

Use of brassica plants in the phytoremediation and biofumigation processes

Ist Teil von

• International journal of molecular sciences, 2011-11, Vol.12 (11), p.7760-7771

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: MDPI AG

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In recent decades, serious contamination of soils by heavy metals has been reported. It is therefore a matter of urgency to develop a new and efficient technology for removing contaminants from soil. Another aspect to this problem is that environmental pollution decreases the biological quality of soil, which is why pesticides and fertilizers are being used in ever-larger quantities. The environmentally friendly solutions to these problems are phytoremediation, which is a technology that cleanses the soil of heavy metals, and biofumigation, a process that helps to protect crops using natural plant compounds. So far, these methods have only been used separately; however, research on a technology that combines them both using white cabbage has been carried out.