Morphological effect of dichloromethane on alfalfa (Medicago sativa) cultivated in soil amended with fertilizer manures

Sana Dardouri*, Asma Jedidi, Sabrine Mejri, Sabrine Hattab, Jalila Sghaier

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Abstract

In this work, we investigated the morphological effect of dichloromethane (DCM) on alfalfa (Medicago sativa) plant. We studied in vitro the influence of its concentration on alfalfa germination. The plants were placed in pots for 15 weeks, and exposed to increasing concentrations of DCM (50 µg L−1 and 84 mg L−1). In addition, we examined the effect of two manures (cow and sheep), which were applied to a contaminated soil, on alfalfa plant growth. The effect of the presence of dichloromethane is obvious even in plant–soil manure system. In fact, in the event of contamination, the soil–cow manure mixture represents the best setting medium for the Alfalfa plant compared to other environments, regardless of the contamination level. Indeed, the presence of two types of manure does not allow the suppression of the inhibitory effect of dichloromethane on the mass of the dry matter of the aerial part which is 18.38% for the cow manure-amended soil and 13.96% for the sheep manure-amended soil.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)263-271
Number of pages9
JournalInternational journal of Phytoremediation
Volume23
Issue number3
Early online date27 Aug 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Feb 2021

Keywords

  • Adsorption
  • Alfalfa
  • Dichloromethane
  • Manures
  • Morphological effect
  • 2023 OA procedure

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