Combining Mycorrhizal Inoculation and Basil Plants (Ocimum basilicum) for Remediating A Ni-Polluted Soil | ||
| Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering | ||
| Article 3, Volume 9, Issue 11, November 2018, Pages 549-555 PDF (1.21 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jssae.2018.36471 | ||
| Author | ||
| M. Abdel-Salam | ||
| Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The current study was conducted using basil plants (Ocimum basilicum) combined with mycorrhizal inoculation to remediate a Ni-polluted soil. Basil plants were cultivated for 90 days under different levels of artificially Ni-pollution 0, 200, 400, 600, 800 and 1000 mg Ni kg-1 soil. Mycorrhiza increased fresh weight by18.27 and 47.80% and dry weight by14.79 and 46.32% for shoots and roots, respectively. Mycorrhiza increased basil potentials in extracting and immobilizing Ni and its uptake by plants increased by 53.43% and 187.59% for shoot and root respectively in presence of mycorrhiza. Mycorrhiza decreased the value of translocation factor (TF). A marked decrease in mycorrhizal infection occurred due to exposure to high level of Ni-pollution. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Pollution – Nickel – Remediation –Mycorrhiza – Basil | ||
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