Mercury Phytoremediation with Lolium perenne-Mycorrhizae in Contaminated Soils

The symbiotic association between the roots of a plant and the mycelium of some fungi is identified as mycorrhizae. Symbiosis helps the plant to obtain nutrients from the soil more efficiently, and may favor the phytoremediation capacity of plants such as Lolium perenne, in soils contaminated with m...

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Published in:Sustainability 2020-05, Vol.12 (9), p.3795
Main Authors: Leudo, Ana M., Cruz, Yuby, Montoya-Ruiz, Carolina, Delgado, María del Pilar, Saldarriaga, Juan F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arbuscular mycorrhizas
Atomic beam spectroscopy
Dietary minerals
Emission analysis
Emission spectroscopy
Enzymes
Flowers & plants
Fungi
Gene expression
Glutathione transferase
Heavy metals
Inductively coupled plasma
Lolium perenne
Mercury
Metal concentrations
Morphology
Nutrients
Phytoremediation
Plant roots
Pollutants
Roots
Sediment pollution
Seeds
Soil contamination
Soil pollution
Soils
Spectroscopy
Stems
Symbiosis
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Summary:The symbiotic association between the roots of a plant and the mycelium of some fungi is identified as mycorrhizae. Symbiosis helps the plant to obtain nutrients from the soil more efficiently, and may favor the phytoremediation capacity of plants such as Lolium perenne, in soils contaminated with mercury. In this study, the morphological and molecular response was evaluated, as well as the variation in mercury accumulation in the different structures of L. perenne when associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Association tests were performed to determine the optimal concentration of the biological inoculant and it was found that the best results were given with the proportion of one part of inoculant in three parts of soil (w/w ratio). The differential expression of the glutathione-S-transferase GST gene was evaluated through real-time PCR and the concentration of heavy metals inside and outside the plant was evaluated with inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP). It was found that the plants that were inoculated with mycorrhizae developed longer stems and shorter roots; in the same way, the GST gene had greater expression in the stem than in the root, largely because the roots help the filtration of nutrients to the stem, retaining metals and detoxifying by GST-catalyzed glutathione.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su12093795