Naslov
Urban trees - the use in phytoremediation of heavy metals pollution.

Autori
Butorac, Lukrecija ; Hančević, Katarina ; Jelić, Goran ; Radić, Tomislav ; Topić, Vlado ; Jakovljević, Tamara ; Seletković, Ivan ; Potočić, Nenad ; Bogdanović, Irena

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Izvornik
Foresrs for cities, forests for people - Perspectives on urban forest governance / Balenović, Ivan - Zagreb : Hrvatski šumarski institut, 2012, 61-62

ISBN
978-953-7909-00-0

Skup
IUFRO Conference - Foresrs for cities, forests for people - Perspectives on urban forest governance.

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 27.09.2012. - 28.09.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
urban trees; phytoremediation; heavy metals; symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi

Sažetak
In modern times urban pollution is a potentially significant risk to public health. Heavy metals are among the most dangerous substances in the environment and their accumulation is predominantly the result of human activity. In cities, heavy metals can enter the human body by inhalation, digestion, direct contact with skin (Wei and Yang, 2010). Phytoremediation, a practice of removing heavy metals from the air and soil by plants, has been in use for a long time. Plants can absorb various hazardous substances from the air and soil and thereby reduce the residual concentration of these toxicants in the environment. Good phytoremediators are plant species that can withstand high concentrations and are able to accumulate a large amount of pollutants. The phytoremediation ability can be increased by symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhiza is a kind of symbiosis between microscopic fungi and plant roots, where mycorrhizal fungi provide increased absorption of nutrients to the plant via its roots. In case of phytoremediation this means an increased absorption of heavy metals. (Pongrac et al., 2009 ; Hildebrandt et al., 2007 ; Regvar et al., 2003).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Šumarstvo

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