The Effect of Oil Pollution on LathyrusSativus and Lens Culinaris with Potential of Phytoremediation

Subject Areas : Journal of Chemical Health Risks

R . Noori ¹ , B. Lorestani ² , N. Yousefi ³ , N. Kolahchi ⁴

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Received: 2013-01-08 Accepted : 2018-10-29 Published : 2012-09-01

Keywords: phytoremediation, Contaminated soil, Oil effect, Tolerant,

Abstract :

Oil pollution is a worldwide threat to the environment. The remediation of oil contaminated soils, sediments and water is a major challenge for environment. Phytoremediation is an emerging green technology that uses plants to remediate soil, sediment, surface water, and groundwater in environment which contaminated with toxic metal, organics, and radionuclide. In this study, some species of Fabaceae family were chosen and planted in different concentrations of oil pollution in soil, to identify the tolerant species. It was done in period of 40 days in Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The results showed the highest level of light crude contamination, which the plant is able to grow,is 8% with 3.3 cm for lathyrussativus species and 6% with 7cm for Lens culinaris. So among the studied species Lathyrussativus and Lens culinaris were tolerant species that could grow in high concentrations of oil pollution. These species can be suggested to phytoremediation of oil-polluted soils.

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