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Phytoextraction and Migration Patterns of Cadmium in Contaminated Soils by Pennisetum hybridum

Version 1 : Received: 9 May 2023 / Approved: 9 May 2023 / Online: 9 May 2023 (11:01:43 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 10 May 2023 / Approved: 10 May 2023 / Online: 10 May 2023 (08:15:46 CEST)

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Chen, C.; Wei, Z.; Hu, K.; Wu, Q.-T. Phytoextraction and Migration Patterns of Cadmium in Contaminated Soils by Pennisetum hybridum. Plants 2023, 12, 2321. Chen, C.; Wei, Z.; Hu, K.; Wu, Q.-T. Phytoextraction and Migration Patterns of Cadmium in Contaminated Soils by Pennisetum hybridum. Plants 2023, 12, 2321.

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify soil cadmium (Cd) removal pathways and their contribution rates during phytoremediation by Pennisetum hybridum, as well as to comprehensively assess its phytoremediation potential. Multilayered soil column tests and farmland simulating lysimeter tests were conducted to investigate the Cd phytoextraction and migration patterns in topsoil and subsoil simultaneously. The aboveground annual yield of P. hybridum grown in the lysimeter was 2060 ton·ha–1. The total amount of Cd extracted in P. hybridum shoots was 234 g·ha–1, which was similar to that of other typical phytoremediation plants. After the test, the topsoil Cd removal rate was 21.50%–35.81%, whereas the extraction efficiency in P. hybridum shoots was only 4.17%–8.53%. These findings indicate that extraction by plant shoots was not the most important contributor to the decrease of Cd in the topsoil. The proportions of Cd retained by root cell wall was approximately 50% of the total Cd in root. Based on column test results, P. hybridum treatment led to a significant decrease in soil pH and considerably enhanced Cd migration to subsoil and groundwater. P. hybridum decreases Cd in the topsoil through multiple pathways and provides a relatively ideal material for phytoremediation of Cd-contaminated soils.

Keywords

Pennisetum hybridum; Cadmium; Phytoextration; Migration; Removal pathways

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Environmental Science

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