Growth of Jatropha curcas on heavy metal contaminated soil amended with industrial wastes and Azotobacter – A greenhouse study

Phytotranslocation of Fe by biodiesel plant Jatropha curcas L. grown on iron rich wasteland soil

“…A number of studies have shown that organic amendments result in successful re-vegetation of the wasteland soil (Ortiz, and Alcaniz, 2006;Kumar et al, 2008;Juwarkar et al, 2008a). Therefore applications of organic materials could enhance the biomass yield of J. curcas, highest yield occurred when cowdung was added to WLS (T 3 ).The growth performance of plants is related with the total remediation potential of plants, as the total metal accumulation capacity of plants is dependent on the plant biomass (Shukla et al, 2007).…”

“…The tolerance index (TI), which is the ratio between a variable measured in treated plants and that in control plants, expressed as a percentage, and was calculated considering the plant height (Kumar et al, 2008).…”

Genetic Diversity of Jatropha curcas in Southern Mexico

“…Several authors have highlighted the advantageous features of J. curcas over other oil seeds (Martinez-Herrera et al 2012 ) , particularly its rapid growth and development (Sujatha et al 2005 ) , its adaptation to soils with marginal fertility (Jones and Miller 1992 ;Heller 1996 ;Henning 1997 ;Carels 2009 ;Behera et al 2010 ) , and its tolerance to water stress -which allows for growth in semi-arid sites (Henning 1997 ;Zhang et al 2008 ;Abou-Kheira and Atta 2009 ;Maes et al 2009 ) . It also has the ability to control soil erosion and a potential for phytoremediation (Mangkoedihardjo et al 2008 ;Kumar et al 2008 ) .…”

Phytoextraction du cadmium, du cuivre, du plomb et du zinc par Vetiveria nigritana en sols ferrugineux tropicaux et en sols vertiques au Burkina Faso (Afrique de l’ouest)

“…Plusieurs études ont montré que l'amendement organique conduit à la revégétalisation des sols contaminés par des métaux (Ye et al, 2000 ;Ortiz et al, 2006 ;Kumar et al, 2008 ;Juwarkar et al, 2008).…”