Myriophyllum spicatum

Trinitrotoluene (TNT) is reduced by the aquatic plant Myriophyllum spicatum to ami-nodinitrotoluenes (Pavlostathis et al. 1998) and, in axenic root cultures of Catharanthus roseus, the initial metabolites 2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene and 4-amino-2,6-dintrotoluene... 

Pavlostathis SG, KK Comstock, ME Jacobson, FM Saunders (1998) Transformation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by the aquatic plant Myriophyllum spicatum. Environ Toxicol Chem 17 2266-2273. 

Regarding submerged plants, sorption of Cu(II) by Myriophyllum spicatum L. (Eurasian water milfoil) has been shown to be fast and fits isotherm models such as Langmuir, Temkin, and Redlich-Peterson. The maximum sorption capacity (c/lll l j ) of copper onto M. spicatum L. was 10.80 mg/g, while the overall sorption process was best described by the pseudo-second-order equation.115 Likewise, Hydrilla verticillata has been described as an excellent biosorbent for Cd(II). In batch conditions, the qmsx calculated was 15.0 mg/g. Additionally, II. verticillata biomass was capable of decreasing Cd(II) concentration from 10 to a value below the detection limit of 0.02 mg/L in continuous flow studies (fixed-bed column). It was also found that the Zn ions affected Cd(II) biosorption.116... 

Keskinkan, O., Goksu, M.Z.L., Yuceer, A., and Basibuyuk, M., Comparison of the adsorption capabilities of Myriophyllum spicatum and Ceratophyllum demersum for zinc, copper and lead, Engineering Life Sciences, 7 (2), 192-196, 2007. 

Eichornia crassipes), water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), and Eurasian milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum). When planting in baskets, use a special, low-nutrient aquatic planting mix or garden subsoil. 

Poovey A.G., Slade, J.G. and Netherland, M.D. (2007) Susceptibility of Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) and a milfoil hybrid (M. spicatum x M. sibiricum) to triclopyr and 2,4-D amine. J Aquat Plant Manage, 45, 111-115. 

Gross E.M., Meyer H., Schilling G. Release and ecological impact of algicidal hydrolysable polyphenols in Myriophyllum spicatum. Phytochemistry 1996 41 133-138. 

Leu E., Liszkay A.K., Goussias C., Gross E.M. Polyphenolic allelochemicals from the aquatic angiosperm myriophyllum spicatum inhibit photosystem II. Plant Physiol 2002 130 2011-2018. 

Hanson ML, Sibley PK, Mabury SA, Muir DCG, Solomon KR. 2003b. Field level evaluation and risk assessment of the toxicity of dichloracetic acid to the aquatic macrophytes Lemna gibba, Myriophyllum spicatum, and Myriophyllum sibericum. Ecotoxicol Environ Safety 55 46-63. 

Selim, S. A., O Neal, S. W., Ross, M. A., and Lembi, C. A. 1989. Bioassay of photosynthetic inhibitors in water and aqueous soil extracts with Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum). Weed Sci. 37, 810-814... 

Couch, R. C. and Nelson, E. Proc. of the First Int. Syntp. on Watermilfoil (MYriophYllum spicatum) and related Haloraxaceae... 

Dolar SG, Kenney DR, Chesters G. 1971. Mercury accumulation by Myriophyllum spicatum L. Environ Lett 69 191-198. 

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