@article {Bahraminia:2016:1522-6514:730,
title = "Effectiveness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in phytoremediation of lead- contaminated soil by vetiver grass",
journal = "International Journal of Phytoremediation",
parent_itemid = "infobike://tandf/bijp",
publishercode ="tandf",
year = "2016",
volume = "18",
number = "7",
publication date ="2016-07-02T00:00:00",
pages = "730-737",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1522-6514",
eissn = "1549-7879",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/bijp/2016/00000018/00000007/art00012",
doi = "doi:10.1080/15226514.2015.1131242",
keyword = "lead, phytoremediation, vetiver grass, G. versiforme, Rhizophagus intraradices",
author = "Bahraminia, Mahboobeh and Zarei, Mehdi and Ronaghi, Abdolmajid and Ghasemi-Fasaei, Reza",
abstract = "A greenhouse experiment was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in phytoremediation of lead (Pb)-contaminated soil by vetiver grass. Experiment was a factorial arranged in a completely randomized design. Factors included four Pb levels (50, 200,
400, and 800mg kg1) as Pb (NO3)2, AM fungi at three levels (non mycorrhizal (NM) control, Rhizophagus intraradices, Glomus versiforme). Shoot and root dry weights (SDW and RDW) decreased as Pb levels increased. Mycorrhizal inoculation increased
SDW and RDW compared to NM control. With mycorrhizal inoculation and increasing Pb levels, Pb uptake of shoot and root increased compared to those of NM control. Root colonization increased with mycorrhizal inoculation but decreased as Pb levels increased. Phosphorus concentration and uptake
in shoot of plants inoculated with AM fungi was significantly higher than NM control at 200 and 800mg Pb kg1. The Fe concentration, Fe and Mn uptake of shoot in plants inoculated with Rhizophagus intraradices in all levels of Pb were significantly higher than
NM control. Mycorrhizal inoculation increased Pb extraction, uptake and translocation efficiencies. Lead translocation factor decreased as Pb levels increased; however inoculation with AM fungi increased Pb translocation.",
}