Phytoextraction of heavy metals from contaminated soil, water and atmosphere using ornamental plants: mechanisms and efficiency improvement strategies

B Asgari Lajayer, N Khadem Moghadam… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
Accumulation of heavy metals (HMs) in soil, water and air is one of the major environmental
concerns worldwide, which mainly occurs due to anthropogenic activities such as …

A review on air pollution monitoring and management using plants with special reference to foliar dust adsorption and physiological stress responses

SS Ram, S Majumder, P Chaudhuri… - Critical Reviews in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Air pollution has become a major environmental risk as far as public health is concerned. It
has been proposed that reduction in levels of air pollution may result in lessening of the …

Monitoring of heavy metals in topsoils, atmospheric particles and plant leaves to identify possible contamination sources

SR Oliva, AJF Espinosa - Microchemical journal, 2007 - Elsevier
The research reveals results of metal pollution on urban topsoil in relation to the metal
content in leaves of two plant species and atmospheric particles. The content of pollutants …

Heavy metal accumulation by Acer platanoides and Robinia pseudoacacia in an industrial city (Northern Steppe of Ukraine)

V Lovynska, K Holoborodko, I Ivanko, S Sytnyk… - Biosystems …, 2023 - ecology.dp.ua
The role of tree species as a tool for bioaccumulation of heavy metals is an important current
issue within the context of the increase of anthropogenic pressure in urban ecosystems. The …

Plant canopies: bio-monitor and trap for re-suspended dust particulates contaminated with heavy metals

SS Ram, S Majumder, P Chaudhuri, S Chanda… - … Adaptation Strategies for …, 2014 - Springer
Urban and peri-urban vegetation is being considered for air pollution abatement.
Appropriate plants with efficiency to adsorb and absorb air-pollutants are the prerequisite for …

Amelioration of salt stress effects on the morpho-physiological, biochemical and K/Na ratio of Vicia faba plants by foliar application of yeast extract

AM Abd El-Sattar, RE Abdelhameed - Journal of Plant Nutrition, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Salinity is one of the most severe environmental stresses that negatively affects field crops'
development and biochemical properties on a widespread global scale. Consequently …

Biomonitoring of chemical elements in an urban environment using arboreal and bush plant species

MI Rucandio, MD Petit-Domínguez… - … science and pollution …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this work was to investigate the possibility of using several bush and
arboreal plant species, usually present as ornamental plants in street and parks, as …

Assessment of heavy metal pollution in Republic of Macedonia using a plant assay

D Gjorgieva, T Kadifkova-Panovska, K Bačeva… - Archives of …, 2011 - Springer
Different plant organs (leaves, flowers, stems, or roots) from four plant species—Urtica dioica
L.(Urticaceae), Robinia pseudoacacia L.(Fabaceae), Taraxacum officinale (Asteraceae) …

Elemental analysis of tree leaves by total reflection X-ray fluorescence: New approaches for air quality monitoring

F Bilo, L Borgese, R Dalipi, A Zacco, S Federici… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
This work shows that total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) is a fast, easy and successful
tool to determine the presence of potentially toxic elements in atmospheric aerosols …