ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Studies of Plants Useful in the Re-Cultivation
of Heavy Metals-Contaminated Wasteland
– a New Hyperaccumulator of Barium?
Joanna Kowalska1, Ewa Stryjewska1, Grażyna Bystrzejewska-Piotrowska2,
Krzysztof Lewandowski1, Małgorzata Tobiasz1, Joanna Pałdyna1, Jerzy Golimowski1
1Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warszawa, Poland
2Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warszawa, Poland
2Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warszawa, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2012;21(2):401–405
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ABSTRACT
The strategy of re-cultivation of wasteland contaminated with heavy metals based on phytoremediation
was proposed. The ability of plants that colonized the investigated area to uptake pollutants from soils and their
translocation to aboveground organs was examined. The metals mobility and bioavailability was assessed
based on a single extraction with water and solutions of hydrogen peroxide and EDTA. A new hyperaccumulator
of barium – great mullein (Verbascum densiflora) – useful in the phytoextraction process, was identified.
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