title: A two-year field study of phytoremediation using Solanum nigrum L. in China.
abstract: A two-year in-situ phytoremediation trial was launched in Shenyang Zhangshi (Sewage) Irrigation Area (SZIA). The phytoremediation efficiency of Solanum nigrum L. was determined, by both monitoring the change of soil Cadmium level in the upper 20 cm of soil, and calculating the plant uptake of soil Cd. After two years experimental, by monitoring the soil Cd concentrations, The Cd concentrations decreased on average from 2.75 mg kg(-1)to 2.45 mg kg(-1) in the first year and from 2.33 mg kg(-1) to 1.53 mg kg(-1) in the second year, amounting to a decrease by a factor of 10.6% in the first year and 12% in the second year. After two years phytoremediation by S. nigrum, Cd concentrations of the seven experimental plots with S. nigrum growth decreased from 2.75 mg kg(-1) to 1.53 mg kg(-1), a decrease by a factor of 24.9%. And the soil Cd concentration decreased only 2.1% and 1.7% in the bared experimental plot. And the calculating of Cd uptake by S. nigrum shown that, the plants uptake 4.46% and 5.18% of the total soil Cd in 2008 and 2009, while the soil Cd concentrations decreased by a factor of 10.6% in 2008 and 12.1% in 2009.
authors.affiliation: a College of Resources and Environment , Northwest A&F University , Yangling , China.
authors.forename: Puhui
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: b Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenyang , China.
authors.forename: Yufang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: a College of Resources and Environment , Northwest A&F University , Yangling , China.
authors.forename: Yongji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: a College of Resources and Environment , Northwest A&F University , Yangling , China.
authors.forename: Xiwang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: a College of Resources and Environment , Northwest A&F University , Yangling , China.
authors.forename: Yan'an
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.affiliation: a College of Resources and Environment , Northwest A&F University , Yangling , China.
authors.forename: Pengcheng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: a College of Resources and Environment , Northwest A&F University , Yangling , China.
authors.forename: Wenshe
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D002681:China; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D012621:Seasons; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D032324:Solanum nigrum / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012989:Soil Pollutants; D002104:Cadmium
keywords: Solanum nigrum L.; cadmium; phytoremediation