%0 Journal Article %1 SoilAmendmentVetiver2016 %A Ng, Chuck Chuan %A Boyce, Amru Nasrulhaq %A Rahman, Md Motior %A Abas, Mohd Radzi %D 2016 %J Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology %K accumulation contamination heavymetal phytoremediation %T Effects of Different Soil Amendments on Mixed Heavy Metals Contamination in Vetiver Grass %U http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00128-016-1921-5 %X Three different types of low cost soil amendments, namely, EDTA, elemental S and N-fertilizer, were investigated with Vetiver grass, Vetiveria zizanioides (Linn.) Nash growing under highly mixed Cd-Pb contamination conditions. A significant increase (p<0.05) in Cd and Pb accumulation were recorded in the shoots of all EDTA and N-fertilizer assisted treatments. The accumulation of Cd in 25 mmol EDTA/kg soil and 300 mmol N/kg soil showed relatively higher Translocation Factor (1.72 and 2.15) and percentage metal efficacy (63.25% and 68.22%), respectively, compared to other treatments. However, it was observed that the increased application of elemental S may inhibit the availability of Pb translocation from soil-to-root and root-to-shoot. The study suggests that viable application of 25 mmol EDTA/kg, 300 mmol N/kg and 20 mmol S/kg soil have the potential to be used for soil amendment with Vetiver grass growing under contaminated mixed Cd-Pb soil conditions.

@article{SoilAmendmentVetiver2016, abstract = {Three different types of low cost soil amendments, namely, EDTA, elemental S and N-fertilizer, were investigated with Vetiver grass, Vetiveria zizanioides (Linn.) Nash growing under highly mixed Cd-Pb contamination conditions. A significant increase (p<0.05) in Cd and Pb accumulation were recorded in the shoots of all EDTA and N-fertilizer assisted treatments. The accumulation of Cd in 25 mmol EDTA/kg soil and 300 mmol N/kg soil showed relatively higher Translocation Factor (1.72 and 2.15) and percentage metal efficacy (63.25% and 68.22%), respectively, compared to other treatments. However, it was observed that the increased application of elemental S may inhibit the availability of Pb translocation from soil-to-root and root-to-shoot. The study suggests that viable application of 25 mmol EDTA/kg, 300 mmol N/kg and 20 mmol S/kg soil have the potential to be used for soil amendment with Vetiver grass growing under contaminated mixed Cd-Pb soil conditions.}, added-at = {2016-09-22T17:55:54.000+0200}, author = {Ng, Chuck Chuan and Boyce, Amru Nasrulhaq and Rahman, Md Motior and Abas, Mohd Radzi}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/206d08ffcad8c08ec2334b15f68bf2109/chuck}, interhash = {1fcc7213c113bebf1abbeccdf909c23b}, intrahash = {06d08ffcad8c08ec2334b15f68bf2109}, journal = {Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology}, keywords = {accumulation contamination heavymetal phytoremediation}, timestamp = {2016-09-22T17:55:54.000+0200}, title = {Effects of Different Soil Amendments on Mixed Heavy Metals Contamination in Vetiver Grass}, url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00128-016-1921-5}, year = 2016 }