Phyto-Extraction of Nickel by Linum usitatissimum in Association with Glomus intraradices

International Journal of Phytoremediation
AmnaHassan Javed Chaudhary

Abstract

Plants show enhanced phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soils particularly in response to fungal inoculation. Present study was conducted to find out the influence of Nickel (Ni) toxicity on plant biomass, growth, chlorophyll content, proline production and metal accumulation by L. usitatissimum (flax) in the presence of Glomus intraradices. Flax seedlings of both inoculated with G. intraradices and non-inoculated were exposed to different concentrations i.e., 250, 350 and 500 ppm of Ni at different time intervals. Analysis of physiological parameters revealed that Ni depressed the growth and photosynthetic activity of plants. However, the inoculation of plants with arbuscular mycorrhizae (G. intraradices) partially helped in the alleviation of Ni toxicity as indicated by improved plant growth under Ni stress. Ni uptake of non- mycorrhizal flax plants was increased by 98% as compared to control conditions whereas inoculated plants showed 19% more uptake when compared with the non-inoculated plants. Mycorrhizal plants exhibited increasing capacity to remediate contaminated soils along with improved growth. Thus, AM assisted phytoremediation helps in the accumulation of Ni in plants to reclaim Ni toxic soils. Based on o...Continue Reading

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Nov 22, 2016·International Journal of Phytoremediation·Barkat AliHassan Javed Chaudhary
Feb 23, 2020·Plants·Muhammad Hamzah SaleemSameer H Qari
Jul 2, 2020·International Journal of Phytoremediation·Hafsa NematNasim Ahmad Yasin

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