TANG Li1 BO Yun2 DENG Dachao2 REN Yamin1 XU Jun1 YAO Zhongwei1 XIA Chuanqin1 1. The selection of hyperaccumulators for phytoremediation of uranium-contaminated soils and their uranium-accumulating characters[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2009, 32(2): 136-141.
TANG Li1 BO Yun2 DENG Dachao2 REN Yamin1 XU Jun1 YAO Zhongwei1 XIA Chuanqin1 1. The selection of hyperaccumulators for phytoremediation of uranium-contaminated soils and their uranium-accumulating characters[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2009, 32(2): 136-141.DOI:
The selection of hyperaccumulators for phytoremediation of uranium-contaminated soils and their uranium-accumulating characters
A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the possibility for phytoremediation of U-contaminated soils. Ten plants of cruciferae (8 species)
malvaceae or compesitae were planted for 55 days in the U-contaminated soils (100 mg·kg-1). The samples were analyzed using an inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer (ICP-AES). The results showed that U concentration was the highest in shoots of Chinese mustard (var.Texuanzhacai
1115 mg·kg-1)
the highest U removal from U-contaminated soils to plants occurred in the shoots of Artemisia argyi (1113 μg per pot). For the Chinese mustard (var.Paoqingcai
var.Texuanzhacai)
uranium concentration in shoots was higher than in roots
and bioaccumulation factors (BFs) and transfer factors (TFs) were more than one. They showed better suitability for phytoremediation of U than other plants due to their high U accumulation in the aboveground tissues.