EJPAU 2005. Hawrot M. , Nowak A. MONITORING OF BIOREMEDIATION OF SOIL POLLUTED WITH DIESEL FUEL APPLYING BIOASSAYS

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2005
Volume 8
Issue 2/volume8

Topic:

Environmental Development

ELECTRONIC
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES

Hawrot M. , Nowak A. 2005. MONITORING OF BIOREMEDIATION OF SOIL POLLUTED WITH DIESEL FUEL APPLYING BIOASSAYS, EJPAU 8(2/volume8), #17.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume8/issue2/volume8/abs-17.html

MONITORING OF BIOREMEDIATION OF SOIL POLLUTED WITH DIESEL FUEL APPLYING BIOASSAYS

Małgorzata Hawrot, Andrzej Nowak
Department of Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology, Agriculture University of Szczecin, Poland

ABSTRACT

Results of bioassays performed in Department of Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology as well as statistical analysis point out to significant interdependence among decreasing amounts of diesel fuel in a soil and a germination level of spring barley (Ortega cv.) seeds, length of above ground parts of seedlings and their root system length. Calculated values of resistance indices (RI) express high susceptibility of spring barley towards diesel fuel presence in a soil and potential possibility to utilize the plant as a bio-indicator of changes occurring during remediation of soil polluted with diesel fuel.

Key words: biodegradation, diesel fuel, bioindicators, microorganisms, soil.

Małgorzata Hawrot
Department of Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology,
Agriculture University of Szczecin, Poland
Słowackiego 17, 71-434 Szczecin, Poland

Andrzej Nowak
Department of Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology,
Agriculture University of Szczecin, Poland
Słowackiego 17, 71-434 Szczecin, Poland
Phone: +48 91 42 50 234
email: anowak@agro.ar.szczecin.pl

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