FEASIBILITY OF USING FORAGE GRASSES AND LEGUMES FOR PHYTOREMEDIATION OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS

摘要

Selected forage and soil conservation grasses and legumes wereevaluated in the greenhouse for their abilities to stimulatedissipation of PCB, TNT, and pyrene in a soil. The grasses testedwere tall fescue(Festuca arundinacea Scherb), reedcanarygrass(Phalaris arundinaces L.)switchgrass(Panicum VariegatumL.), and deertongue(Panicum clandestinum L.).The legumes wereAlfalfa(Medicago sativa L.), crownvetch(Coronilla varia L.),sericealespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata Dum-Cours.), and flatpea(Wagnerpea)(Lathyrus sylvestris L).