Acacia mangium and Mimosa caesalpiniaefolia are fast-growing woody fabaceous species that might be suitable for phytoremediation of arsenic (As)-contaminated sites. To date, few studies on their tolerance to As toxicity have been published. Therefore, this study assessed As toxicity symptoms in A. mangium and M. caesalpiniaefolia seedlings under As stress in a greenhouse. Seedlings of Acacia mangium and M. caesalpiniaefolia were grown for 120 d in an Oxisol-sand mixture with 0, 50, 100, 200, and 400 mg kg-1 As, in […]

Arsenic has been considered the most poisonous inorganic soil pollutant to living creatures. For this reason, the interest in phytoremediation species has been increasing in the last years. Particularly for the State of Minas Gerais, where areas of former mining activities are prone to the occurrence of acid drainage, the demand is great for suitable species to be used in the revegetation and “cleaning” of As-polluted areas. This study was carried out to evaluate the potential of seedlings of Eucalyptus […]

The decontamination of soils and substrates contaminated with arsenic through phytoremediation techniques has attracted increasing interest of researchers and specialists of environmental sciences. This study aimed to evaluate the potential of the species townsville stylo (Stylosanthes humilis HBK), forage peanut (Arachis pintoi Krapov. & Gregory), oat (Avena strigosa Schreb), and ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) for phytoremediation of arsenic-contaminated soils. Samples of a Red Yellowh Latossol (Oxisol) were incubated with different doses of arsenic (0; 50; 100 and 200 mg dm-3). After this […]