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Phytoremediation of fluoride with garden ornamentals Nerium oleander, Portulaca oleracea, and Pogonatherum crinitum

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Nursery grown plants of Nerium oleander, Pogonatherum crinitum, and Portulaca oleracea were observed to remove fluoride up to 92, 80, and 73%, respectively, from NaF solution at the concentration of 10 mg L−1 within 15 days. Concentration range of 10–50 mg L−1 of fluoride revealed a constant decrease of removal from 92 to 51% within 15 days by N. oleander, while the biomass (one to five plants) showed enhancement in removal from 74 to 98% in 10 days. Translocation and bioaccumulation factors calculated after fluoride contents in roots and leaves of N. oleander, P. crinitum, and P. oleracea were 1.85, 1.19, and 1.43, and 9.8, 3.6, and 2.2, respectively. P . oleracea, P. crinitum, and N. oleander showed reductions in chlorophyll contents by 40, 57 and 25 and 8%, carbohydrates by 50, 44, and 16%, and proteins by 38, 53, and 15%, respectively. Activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) in the roots of P. oleracea, P. crinitum, and N. oleander were observed to be induced by 400, 383, and 500%; 80, 105, and 424%; and 153, 77, and 71%, respectively, while the leaves showed induction in SOD, CAT, and GPX activities by 550, 315, and 165%; 196, 227, and 243%; and 280, 242, and 184%, respectively. Results endorsed the superiority of N. oleander for fluoride removal over other plant species.

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Rahul V. Khandare is thankful to the Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi, India, for providing the research funds (Grant No. SERB/LS-54/2014). Anuprita D. Watharkar would like to thank the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India, for providing post-doctoral fellowship. Shivtej P. Biradar and Pankaj K. Pawar are thankful to UGC for funding under Special Assistance Program (SAP-DRS II, Grant No. F.4-8/2015/DRS II (SAP II)) to the Department of Biochemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India.

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    Rahul V. Khandare, Shaileshkumar B. Desai & Sourabh S. Bhujbal

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Shivaji University, Vidyanagar, Kolhapur, 416004, India

    Anuprita D. Watharkar, Shivtej P. Biradar, Pankaj K. Pawar & Sanjay P. Govindwar

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Khandare, R.V., Desai, S.B., Bhujbal, S.S. et al. Phytoremediation of fluoride with garden ornamentals Nerium oleander, Portulaca oleracea, and Pogonatherum crinitum . Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 6833–6839 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-8424-8

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