Phytoremediation potential

Waranusantigul, P., Kruatrachue, M., Pokethitiyook, P., and Auesukaree, C., Evaluation of Pb phytoremediation potential in Buddleja asiatica and B. paniculata, Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 193,79-90, 2008. 

Sizova, O.I., Kochetkov, V.V., Validov, S.Z., Boronin, A.M., Kosterin, P.V., and Lyubun, Y.V. 2002. Arsenic-contaminated soils genetically modified Pseudomonas spp. and their arsenic-phytoremediation potential. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2(1) 19-23. 

Lunney AA, BA Zeeb, KJ Reimer (2004) Uptake of weathered DDT in vascular plants potential for phytoremediation. Environ Sci Technol 38 6147-6154. 

Fritioff, A. and Greger, M., Aquatic and terrestrial plant species with potential to remove heavy metals from stormwater, International Journal of Phytoremediation, 5 (3), 211-224, 2003. 

If the plants do not take up the dissolved contaminant, the plume that emerges will be concentrated (i.e., the mass of contaminant in the plume will be the same, but the concentration remaining will actually be greater due to the reduction in water volume caused by the vegetation). This is a potential concern for phytoremediation of groundwater plumes or in created wetlands, where a relatively hydrophilic contaminant can be concentrated on the downstream side of the phytotechnology system. 

Potential obstacles for the large-scale application of phytoremediation technologies, however, include the time required for remediation, the pollutant levels tolerated by the plants used, the disposal of the contaminated plants, and the fact that only the bioavailable fraction of the contaminants will be treated. This means that phytoremediation does not achieve 100% removal or reduction of the contaminants From the ecological, toxicological, and medical (health) points of view, the... 

Pulford I. D., Riddel-Black D., and Stewart C., 2002, Heavy metal uptake by wiUow clones from sewage sludge-treated soil The potential for phytoremediation. Int. J. Phytorem. 4 59-72. 

Some potential disadvantages associated with phytoremediation/plant-assisted remediation techniques include the following ... 

Antosiewicz, D.M., EscndS-Duran, C., Wierzbowska, E., andSklodowska, A. 2008. Indigenous plant species with the potential for the phytoremediation of arsenic and metals contaminated soil. Water, Air Soil Pollution, 193(1 ) 197-210. 

Francesconi, K., Visoottiviseth, R, Sridokchan, W., and Goessler, W. 2002. Arsenic species in an arsenic hyperaccumulating fern, Pityrogramma calomelanos A potential phytoremediator of arsenic-contaminated soils. The Science of the Total Environment, 284(l-3) 27-35. 

Visoottiviseth, P., Francesconi, K., and Sridokchan, W. 2002. The potential of Thai indigenous plant species for the phytoremediation of arsenic contaminated land. Environmental Pollution, 118 453-61. 

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