Trial site, Puglia, Italy
Puglia, suoli contaminati da metalli (prove con colza)
Apulian soils contaminated with Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn. In the Alta Murgia, near Altamura, more than 500 hectares hold heavy metals, chromium above all, from improper waste disposal.
Contaminants
Plants and fungi at this site
PhytoremediationField scale
Brassica napus
The University of Bari (Brunetti, Farrag, Senesi and colleagues) tested oilseed rape in the greenhouse and in the open field, with root inoculation of Bacillus licheniformis BLMB1 and with municipal-waste compost.
Outcome In the greenhouse rape accumulated high amounts of metals; in the open field it grew with difficulty or not at all and accumulation was low. The order of accumulation was Cr > Zn > Cu > Pb; compost and the bacterium raised accumulation, of chromium above all. A clear case of a greenhouse result not confirmed in the field.
From the literature
Species that acted on one of this site's contaminants in at least one study. The list is automatic and takes no account of this site's soil, concentrations or climate.
Plants
- Agrostis capillarisCommon bentEvidence: field
- Festuca rubraRed fescueEvidence: field
- Populus albaWhite poplarEvidence: field
- Arabidopsis halleriHaller's rockcressEvidence: field
- Cannabis sativaIndustrial hempEvidence: field
- Helianthus annuusSunflowerEvidence: field
Fungi
- Rhizophagus irregularisEvidence: greenhouse
- Aspergillus nigerBlack mouldEvidence: laboratory
- Fomitopsis pinicolaRed-belted conkEvidence: laboratory
- Suillus luteusSlippery jackEvidence: laboratory
- Agaricus bisporusButton mushroomEvidence: laboratory
- Funneliformis mosseaeEvidence: laboratory
The rest are on the contaminant pages.
Sources
Draft compiled from public sources, not yet reviewed.