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Evaluation of Pteris vittata As Trap Plant To Mitigate Arsenic From Arsenic Contaminated Soil

Afm Jamal Uddin, Islam Manirul, U Mayda, Mzk Roni, Hasan Mehraj

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An experiment was conducted at Horticultural farm of the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh for phytoremediation of arsenic from soil using Pteris vittata as a trap plant. The experiment was conducted following Completely Randomized Design with three replications. Soil was contaminated with arsenic at different levels by treating @ 0 ppm (A0), 500 ppm (A1), 1000 ppm (A2) and 2000 ppm (A3) arsenic trioxide (As2O3) in pot soil. During the growing period the Pteris vittata as trap plant accumulated 23837.2 ppm, 15332.6 ppm, 1769.9 ppm and 0.9 ppm arsenic from pot soil contaminated with arsenic of A3, A2, A1 and A0 treatments respectively. Pteris vittata could be use as a possible way to mitigate and or reduce arsenic from soil of arsenic affected areas in Bangladesh.

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An experiment was conducted at Horticultural farm of the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh for phytoremediation of arsenic from soil using Pteris vittata as a trap plant. The experiment was conducted following Completely Randomized Design with three replications. Soil was contaminated with arsenic at different levels by treating @ 0 ppm (A0), 500 ppm (A1), 1000 ppm (A2) and 2000 ppm (A3) arsenic trioxide (As2O3) in pot soil. During the growing period the Pteris vittata as trap plant accumulated 23837.2 ppm, 15332.6 ppm, 1769.9 ppm and 0.9 ppm arsenic from pot soil contaminated with arsenic of A3, A2, A1 and A0 treatments respectively. Pteris vittata could be use as a possible way to mitigate and or reduce arsenic from soil of arsenic affected areas in Bangladesh.

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An experiment was conducted at Horticultural farm of the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh for phytoremediation of arsenic from soil using Pteris vittata as a trap plant. The experiment was conducted following Completely Randomized Design with three replications. Soil was contaminated with arsenic at different levels by treating @ 0 ppm (A0), 500 ppm (A1), 1000 ppm (A2) and 2000 ppm (A3) arsenic trioxide (As2O3) in pot soil. During the growing period the Pteris vittata as trap plant accumulated 23837.2 ppm, 15332.6 ppm, 1769.9 ppm and 0.9 ppm arsenic from pot soil contaminated with arsenic of A3, A2, A1 and A0 treatments respectively. Pteris vittata could be use as a possible way to mitigate and or reduce arsenic from soil of arsenic affected areas in Bangladesh.

Key concepts: Pteris vittata, Arsenic, Phytoremediation, Soil contamination, Environmental science, Hyperaccumulator, Environmental chemistry, Arsenic poisoning

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