title: Use of brassica plants in the phytoremediation and biofumigation processes.
abstract: In recent decades, serious contamination of soils by heavy metals has been reported. It is therefore a matter of urgency to develop a new and efficient technology for removing contaminants from soil. Another aspect to this problem is that environmental pollution decreases the biological quality of soil, which is why pesticides and fertilizers are being used in ever-larger quantities. The environmentally friendly solutions to these problems are phytoremediation, which is a technology that cleanses the soil of heavy metals, and biofumigation, a process that helps to protect crops using natural plant compounds. So far, these methods have only been used separately; however, research on a technology that combines them both using white cabbage has been carried out.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry Faculty, Gdansk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, Gdansk 80-233, Poland; E-Mails:  anna.m.piekarska@o2.pl  (A.P.);  piotr.konieczka@pg.gda.pl  (P.K.);  chemanal@pg.gda.pl  (J.N.).
authors.forename: Marzena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szczygłowska
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piekarska
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Konieczka
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Namieśnik
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D001937:Brassica; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012989:Soil Pollutants