Potential of Grasses in Phytolith Production in Soils Contaminated with Cadmium

Potential of Grasses in Phytolith Production in Soils Contaminated with Cadmium

Cadmium (Cd) is a very toxic heavy metal occurring in places with anthropogenic activities, making it one of the most important environmental pollutants. Phytoremediation plants are used for recovery of metal-contaminated soils by their ability to absorb and tolerate high concentrations of heavy met...

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Main Authors: Múcio Mágno de Melo Farnezi, Enilson de Barros Silva, Lauana Lopes dos Santos, Alexandre Christofaro Silva, Paulo Henrique Grazziotti, Jeissica Taline Prochnow, Israel Marinho Pereira, Ivan da Costa Ilhéu Fontan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:Plants
Subjects:
heavy metal
<i>urochloa decumbens</i>
<i>urochloa brizantha</i>
<i>megathyrsus maximus</i>
phytolith-occluded
entisol
oxisol
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