Phytodepuration of Nitrate Contaminated Water Using Four Different Tree Species

Plants

Francesco Tei¹  Euro Pannacci¹  Daniele Del Buono¹  Luca Regni¹  Primo Proietti¹  MariaLuce Bartucca¹ 

[1] Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Via Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy;

关键词: phytoremediation;    tree species;    nitrate pollution;    buffer strips;    Salix alba L.;    Populus alba L.;   

DOI  :  10.3390/plants10030515

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Water pollution by excessive amounts of nitrate (NO₃⁻) has become a global issue. Technologies to clean up nitrate-contaminated water bodies include phytoremediation. In this context, this research aimed to evaluate four tree species (Salix alba L., Populus alba L., Corylus avellana L. and Sambucus nigra L.) to remediate nitrate-contaminated waters (100 and 300 mg L⁻¹). Some physiological parameters showed that S. alba L. and P. alba L. increased particularly photosynthetic activity, chlorophyll content, dry weight, and transpired water, following the treatments with the above NO₃⁻ concentrations. Furthermore, these species were more efficient than the others studied in the phytodepuration of water contaminated by the two NO₃⁻ levels. In particular, within 15 days of treatment, S. alba L. and P. alba L. removed nitrate quantities ranging from 39 to 78%. Differently, C. avellana L. and S. nigra L. did not show particular responses regarding the physiological traits studied. Nonetheless, these species removed up to 30% of nitrate from water. In conclusion, these data provide exciting indications on the chance of using S. alba L. and P. alba L. to populate buffer strips to avoid NO₃⁻ environmental dispersion in agricultural areas.

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