Sunflower Plants as Bioindicators of Environmental Pollution with Lead (II) Ions

• Authors: KRYŠTOFOVÁ Olga; SHESTIVSKÁ Violetta; GALIOVÁ Michaela; NOVOTNÝ Karel; KAISER Jozef; ZEHNÁLEK Josef; BABULA Petr; OPATŘILOVÁ Radka; ADAM Vojtěch; KIZEK René
• Year of publication: 2009
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Sensors
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Analytic chemistry
• Keywords: phytoremediation; heavy metals; sunflower; lead ions; high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection; spectrometry; laser induced breakdown spectroscopy
• Description: In this study, the influence of lead (II) ions on sunflower growth and biochemistry was investigated from various points of view. Sunflower plants were treated with 0, 10, 50, 100 and/or 500 mu M Pb-EDTA for eight days. We observed alterations in growth in all experimental groups compared with non-treated control plants.

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