Phytoremediation of soils contaminated by mine tailings by means of Dactylis glomerata and Pennisetum clandestinum

The tailings of a mining plant in Peru are highly contaminated by heavy metals, containing toxic levels of Al, Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn, presenting a high environmental risk. Therefore, phytoremediation was carried out using Dactylis glomerata and Pennisetum clandestinum on a greenhouse scale for soil reco...

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Autor: Vizconde Suárez, Janeth Yvonne
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/25283
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/iigeo/article/view/25283
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fitorremediación
Suelo contaminado
Dactylis glomerata
Pennisetum clandestinum
relave
Phytoremediation
Contaminated soil
tailings
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Sumario:The tailings of a mining plant in Peru are highly contaminated by heavy metals, containing toxic levels of Al, Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn, presenting a high environmental risk. Therefore, phytoremediation was carried out using Dactylis glomerata and Pennisetum clandestinum on a greenhouse scale for soil recovery. The study was quantitative, explanatory and experimental. Selective sampling and the Interception Line method were used for sampling. The results indicate that the two plant species in soils contaminated with mining tailings have a phytoremediation efficiency by exclusion higher than 99% (p>0.001), immobilizing metals under the non-soluble form. It is concluded that the association of the two species has the root and rhizosphere as the main destination of heavy metals (as undissolved metal), which makes them exclusion phytostabilizing plants.