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dc.contributor.authorCoakley, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorCahill, Gary
dc.contributor.authorEnright, Anne-Marie
dc.contributor.authorO' Rourke, Brian
dc.contributor.authorPetti, Carloalberto
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-31T08:13:26Z
dc.date.available2020-03-31T08:13:26Z
dc.date.copyright2019-09-13
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationCoakley, S., Cahill, G., Enright, A.-M., O’Rourke, B., & Petti, C. (2019). Cadmium hyperaccumulation and translocation in Impatiens glandulifera: From foe to friend? Sustainability, 11(18), 5018en_US
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttp://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/3071
dc.description.abstractThe use of phytoremediation to sustainably recover areas contaminated by toxic heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd) has been made feasible since the discovery of hyperaccumulator plants. This study examines the potential of the invasive Impatiens glandulifera for phytoremediation propensity of Cd. In these experiments, the plants were exposed to and tested for Cd accumulation; the propensity to accumulate other heavy metals, such as Zinc, was not investigated. The efficacy of phytoaccumulation was assessed over two trials (Cd concentrations of 20 mg/kg to 150 mg/kg) via examination of bioconcentration factor (BCF), translocation factor (TF), and total removal (TR). Exposure to Cd levels of up to 150 mg/kg in the trials did not affect the biomass of the plants compared to the control. Impatiens glandulifera accumulated cadmium at a rate of 276 to 1562 mg/kgin stems, with BCFs, TFs, and TRs of 64.6 to 236.4, 0.2 to 1.2, and 3.6 to 29.2 mg Cd, respectively. In vitro germination revealed unprecedented germination ability, demonstrating the remarkable hypertolerance of I. glandulifera, with no significant difference in the germination of seedlings exposed to 1000 mg/kg Cd compared to the control. This study also examined the localization of Cd in plant tissues via a histochemical assay using dithizone. The results presented herein suggest that I. glandulifera can act as a hyperaccumulator of Cd for phytoremediation.en_US
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dc.publisherMDPI AGen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/*
dc.subjectphytoremediationen_US
dc.subjectheavy metalen_US
dc.subjectbioconcentration factoren_US
dc.subjectBCFen_US
dc.subjecttranslocation factoren_US
dc.subjectTFen_US
dc.subjecttotal removalen_US
dc.subjectTRen_US
dc.titleCadmium hyperaccumulation and translocation in Impatiens glandulifera: From foe to friend?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.grantnoPES1219en_US
dc.contributor.sponsorPresident’s Research Fellowship Scholarship, Institute of Technology Carlowen_US
dc.description.peerreviewyesen_US
dc.identifier.urlhttps://doi.org/10.3390/su11185018en_US
dc.rights.accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subject.departmentenviroCORE - IT Carlowen_US


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