RHIZOSPHERE ACTIVITY OF SOIL TREATED WITH HERBICIDE DURING REMEDIATION PROCESS BY Stizolobium aterrimum

This study aimed to evaluate the soil microbiota activity associated to S. aterrimum rhizosphere, during the phytoremediation process of a soil contaminated with trifloxysulfuron-sodium. S. aterrimum was cultivated in vases (6,0 L) filled with soil, after trifloxysulfuron-sodium, at 7.5 g ha-1, was...

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Authors: Santos, Edson Aparecido dos, Costa, Mauricio Dutra, Ferreira, Lino Roberto, Reis, Marcelo Rodrigues dos, França, André Cabral, Santos, José Barbosa dos
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2010
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
Repository:Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical (Online)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/4670
Online Access:https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/4670
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Microbiological indicator
phytoremediation
microbial biomass
Indicador microbiológico
fitorremediação
biomassa microbiana
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Summary:This study aimed to evaluate the soil microbiota activity associated to S. aterrimum rhizosphere, during the phytoremediation process of a soil contaminated with trifloxysulfuron-sodium. S. aterrimum was cultivated in vases (6,0 L) filled with soil, after trifloxysulfuron-sodium, at 7.5 g ha-1, was applied or not. Every 15 days after sowing (DAS), rhizospheric soil was collected for soil microbial respiration (amount of evolved CO2) and microbial biomass carbon (MBC) analysis. To determine herbicide residues in the soil samples, after phytoremediation, Sorghum bicolor L. was cultivated as an indicator species, in addition to high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis. The microbiota associated to S. aterrimum rhizosphere showed to be sensitive to trifloxysulfuron-sodium and may be used as a microbiological indicator of disturbances caused by this herbicide in the environment. Regarding time for remediation, 45 days of development is enough for S. aterrimum to reduce residual trifloxysulfuron-sodium to a level not able to cause toxicity to the indicator plant. KEY-WORDS: Microbiological indicator; phytoremediation; microbial biomass.