<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Peculiarities of metals uptake by the biofuel crop <italic>Miscanthus x giganteus</italic> were explored during plant growth at soil from the military site (Sliač, Slovakia). The experiment was carried out in greenhouse during two vegetation seasons. Research soil was predominantly elevated in Fe and Ti, while other metals (As, Cu, Mn, Sr, Zn and Zr) were presented at order of magnitude lower concentrations. No inhibition of plant growth was observed. The calculated Bioconcentration Factor showed that levels of metals’ accumulation by plant roots, stems and leaves were independent of metals’ concentrations in the soil. The accumulation of metals by stems and leaves was much lower than by roots. As, Zr, Ti were almost not accumulated by stems and leaves during both seasons; accumulation of Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn and Sr was not essential which confirmed that biomass of <italic>M. x giganteus</italic> might be processed for the energy purpose.</p></abstract>

Peculiarities of metals uptake by the biofuel crop Miscanthus x giganteus were explored during plant growth at soil from the military site (Sliač, Slovakia). The experiment was carried out in greenhouse during two vegetation seasons. Research soil was predominantly elevated in Fe and Ti, while other metals (As, Cu, Mn, Sr, Zn and Zr) were presented at order of magnitude lower concentrations. No inhibition of plant growth was observed. The calculated Bioconcentration Factor showed that levels of metals’ accumulation by plant roots, stems and leaves were independent of metals’ concentrations in the soil. The accumulation of metals by stems and leaves was much lower than by roots. As, Zr, Ti were almost not accumulated by stems and leaves during both seasons; accumulation of Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn and Sr was not essential which confirmed that biomass of M. x giganteus might be processed for the energy purpose.

Metals uptake behaviour in <italic>Miscanthus x giganteus</italic> plant during growth at the contaminated soil from the military site in Sliač, Slovakia

Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem

National University “Lvivska Polytechnika”

Department of Informatization and Geoinformatization

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

National University of Life and the Environmental Sciences

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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Metals uptake behaviour in  plant during growth at the contaminated soil from the military site in Sliač, Slovakia

Peculiarities of metals uptake by the biofuel crop Miscanthus x giganteus were explored during plant growth at soil from the military site (Sliač, Slovakia)....

Metals uptake behaviour in Miscanthus x giganteus plant during growth at the contaminated soil from the military site in Sliač, Slovakia

Published Online: Jul 25, 2018

Page range: 1 - 7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjct-2018-0016

Keywords
military site, non-parametric statistics, metals uptake behavior

© 2018 Valentina V. Pidlisnyuk et al., published by Sciendo

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Metals uptake behaviour in Miscanthus x giganteus plant during growth at the contaminated soil from the military site in Sliač, Slovakia

Published Online: Jul 25, 2018

Page range: 1 - 7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjct-2018-0016

Keywordsmilitary site, non-parametric statistics, metals uptake behavior

© 2018 Valentina V. Pidlisnyuk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
military site, non-parametric statistics, metals uptake behavior