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Phytoremediation experimentation with the herbicide bentazon
Author(s) -
Conger Robert Mark,
Portier Ralph J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
remediation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6831
pISSN - 1051-5658
DOI - 10.1002/rem.3440070203
Subject(s) - bentazon , willow , phytoremediation , transpiration , environmental science , contamination , horticulture , agronomy , biology , botany , ecology , weed control , photosynthesis
An experiment was performed on six species of trees to determine the feasibility of remediating groundwater contaminated with an agricultural herbicide, bentazon, at a site in southern Louisiana. Fate studies on bentazon support that it is translocated to the plant leaves where it is degraded by photolysis to lower‐order derivative compounds within short periods of time. Both transpiration observations and dosing tests suggest that the most favorable phreatophyte and tolerant specie of tree to bentazon exposure was the black willow (Salix nigra) .