TY - GEN
T1 - Cultivo de geranio
T2 - 18th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology: "Engineering, Integration, and Alliances for a Sustainable Development" "Hemispheric Cooperation for Competitiveness and Prosperity on a Knowledge-Based Economy", LACCEI 2020
AU - Obeso-Obando, Aída
AU - Vejarano, Ricardo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Phytoremediation refers to the use of plants to absorb, accumulate, stabilize or reduce pollutants from contaminated soils, including some heavy metals. The aim of the study was to evaluate the potential of geranium (Pelargonium zonale) to remove metals, such as arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), and copper (Cu), from contaminated soils. For this, geranium plants cultivation was carried out in a system in ex situ conditions over a 6-week treatment period, in soil samples extracted from El Milagro dump, of the city of Trujillo (Peru). Concentrations of As, Cd and Cu decreased in soil samples through the cultivation period, showing a significant tolerance of the geranium plants towards these metals, with a decrease of As and Cd, up to 74% and 79%, respectively, with respect to the initial concentration, whereas for Cu decreased of up to 55%. The results suggest the removal potential of As, Cd, and Cu by geranium cultivation, as an interesting alternative for the recovery of contaminated soils with this kind of metals.
AB - Phytoremediation refers to the use of plants to absorb, accumulate, stabilize or reduce pollutants from contaminated soils, including some heavy metals. The aim of the study was to evaluate the potential of geranium (Pelargonium zonale) to remove metals, such as arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), and copper (Cu), from contaminated soils. For this, geranium plants cultivation was carried out in a system in ex situ conditions over a 6-week treatment period, in soil samples extracted from El Milagro dump, of the city of Trujillo (Peru). Concentrations of As, Cd and Cu decreased in soil samples through the cultivation period, showing a significant tolerance of the geranium plants towards these metals, with a decrease of As and Cd, up to 74% and 79%, respectively, with respect to the initial concentration, whereas for Cu decreased of up to 55%. The results suggest the removal potential of As, Cd, and Cu by geranium cultivation, as an interesting alternative for the recovery of contaminated soils with this kind of metals.
KW - Arsenic
KW - Cadmium
KW - Contaminated soils
KW - Copper
KW - Geranium
KW - Metals removal
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85096806356
U2 - 10.18687/LACCEI2020.1.1.144
DO - 10.18687/LACCEI2020.1.1.144
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:85096806356
T3 - Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology
BT - 18th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology
Y2 - 27 July 2020 through 31 July 2020
ER -