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Effect of tea saponin on phytoremediation of Cd and pyrene in contaminated soils by Lolium multiflorum

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Tea saponin (TS), a kind of green biosurfactant produced by plants, was added into the Cd–pyrene co-contaminated soils to evaluate its influence on phytoremediation of Cd and pyrene by Lolium multiflorum. The results showed that the accumulation of pyrene in L. multiflorum was significantly promoted by the TS. Compared with no TS treatments (PL and ML), the aboveground concentrations of pyrene in TS treatments (PLT and MLT) increased by 135 and 30%, respectively, and the underground concentrations of pyrene in TS treatments (PLT and MLT) increased by 40 and 25%. The concentrations of Cd in the aboveground and underground parts in single contaminated treatments were all significantly more than those in co-contaminated treatments, while the situation of pyrene was quite the reverse. Besides, the addition of TS enhanced activities of dehydrogenase and polyphenol oxidase in soils and increased the biomass of L. multiflorum. The micromorphology of L. multiflorum was not affected by TS. The study suggests that the use of L. multiflorum with TS is an alternative technology for remediation of Cd–pyrene co-contaminated soils.

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This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21677093, 41373097) and Key Laboratory of Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection of Zhejiang Province (No. KF201503).

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    Xiaoyan Liu, Liya Cao, Qian Wang, Xinying Zhang & Xiaoxin Hu

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Liu, X., Cao, L., Wang, Q. et al. Effect of tea saponin on phytoremediation of Cd and pyrene in contaminated soils by Lolium multiflorum . Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 18946–18952 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9515-2

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