Rice Paddies for Trace Element Cleanup

Biogeochemistry of uranium in the soil-plant and water-plant systems in an old uranium mine

“…Therefore, plants with higher root biomass tend to accumulate more trace elements (Fu-Zhong et al, 2011) which have been remarkably evident by the studied species belonging to the family Poaceae (A. castellana, A. curtisii, A. delicatula, H. lanatus, V. bromoides). Members of this family are characterized by a extensive fibrous adventitious root system which allows to absorb water more effectively from the soil, an important feature for achieving the primary requirement of a metal accumulator plant (Sebastian and Prasad, 2016).…”