Remediation potential of certain wild and native species for manganese and iron contaminated waste.
Green house studies were carried out to test the suitability of certain plant species for the phytostabilization of manganese mine waste. A number of wild and native plants were selected and raised directly or after suitable amendments with NPK and capping with 10% soil on the manganese mine waste. Only few of the plants survived and showed a tendency to establish and stabilize the waste. In 10% soil + 2 NPK amended waste, Ziziphus mauritiana showed good growth and resulted in an increase of 1966.66% after a period of six months.
Laboratory of Geobotany & Biogeochemistry, Department of Botany, University College of Science, M. L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur-313 001. p80_jay@yahoo.com
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D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D007220:Industrial Waste; D007501:Iron / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000633:toxicity; D008345:Manganese / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000633:toxicity; D008906:Mining; D031957:Ziziphus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development
D007220:Industrial Waste; D008345:Manganese; D007501:Iron