title: Model evaluation of the phytoextraction potential of heavy metal hyperaccumulators and non-hyperaccumulators.
abstract: Evaluation of the remediation ability of zinc/cadmium in hyper- and non-hyperaccumulator plant species through greenhouse studies is limited. To bridge the gap between greenhouse studies and field applications for phytoextraction, we used published data to examine the partitioning of heavy metals between plants and soil (defined as the bioconcentration factor). We compared the remediation ability of the Zn/Cd hyperaccumulators Thlaspi caerulescens and Arabidopsis halleri and the non-hyperaccumulators Nicotiana tabacum and Brassica juncea using a hierarchical linear model (HLM). A recursive algorithm was then used to evaluate how many harvest cycles were required to clean a contaminated site to meet Taiwan Environmental Protection Agency regulations. Despite the high bioconcentration factor of both hyperaccumulators, metal removal was still limited because of the plants' small biomass. Simulation with N. tabacum and the Cadmium model suggests further study and development of plants with high biomass and improved phytoextraction potential for use in environmental cleanup.
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Section 2, Academia Road, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Hong-Ming
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Ting-Hsiang
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jeng-Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chiou
authors.forename: Kuo-Chen
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Yeh
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000378:metabolism; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D018533:Biomass; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D007220:Industrial Waste; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D009149:Mustard Plant / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D031227:Thlaspi / Q000378:metabolism; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000378:metabolism; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D002104:Cadmium; D015032:Zinc