Study of Boraginaceae plants for phytoremediation of oil-contaminated soil.

International Journal of Phytoremediation
Leonid PanchenkoO V Turkovskaya

Abstract

Long-term field observations of the natural vegetation cover in industrial and adjacent areas has revealed that the Boraginaceae was one of the main plant family representatives of which were noted in oil-contaminated area. In this study against the background of the previously well characterized plant families Poaceae and Fabaceae, the phytoremediation potential of Boraginaceae plants was investigated under the field conditions and described. Among the members of this family, Lithospermum arvense, Nonea pulla, Asperugo procumbens, Lappula myosotis, and Echium vulgare were the most common in oil-contaminated areas. N. pulla was the most tolerant to hydrocarbons and, along with L. arvense and E. vulgare, actively stimulated the soil microorganisms, including hydrocarbon-oxidizing ones, in their rhizosphere. A comparative assay confirmed that the plants of the Fabaceae family as a whole more efficiently enrich the soil both with available nitrogen and with pollutant degradation genes. Nevertheless, the comparatively high ammonium nitrogen content in the rhizosphere of N. pulla and E. vulgare allows these species to be singled out to explain their high rhizosphere effect, and to suggest their remediation potential for oil-contamin...Continue Reading

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