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Co-culture of Salix viminalis and Trifolium repens for the phytostabilisation of Pb and As in mine tailings amended with hardwood biochar

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Metal(loid) soil pollution causes environmental and health issues, and thus those sites need to be remediated. This can be done through phytostabilization, in combination with biochar amendment. The objectives were to investigate the potential of Salix viminalis L. associated with Trifolium repens L. for the phytostabilization of biochar-amended contaminated soils by assessing (1) the tolerance of both plants to metal(loid)s, through the biomass production, (2) the concentrations of metal(loid)s in plant parts and (3) the concentrations of metal(loid)s in soil pore water and percolation waters. Results showed that plant growth affected soil pore water Physico-chemical properties and metal(loid) mobility. When comparing the mono- and poly-cultures, although pH was higher with the polyculture than the monoculture, the decrease in Pb mobility did not differ. Moreover, the leachate analysis showed that As concentration in the soil particles leached from the soil was higher in the polyculture condition, while Pb concentration was the highest in the willow vegetated condition. Finally, willow dry weight was not affected by the presence of clover, while clover dry weight was lower when it was grown with willow. In conclusion, the results showed that the willow and clover polyculture was not better than the monoculture of these two species for the phytomanagement of a former mine site amended with biochar.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Ingrid Girardeau and Louis De Lary De Latour (DPSM/BRGM) for giving us the authorization to study the former Pontgibaud mine and Mr. JC. Léger (La Carbonerie) for the supply of biochar. We also wanted to thank the National Association of Research and Technology (ANRT) for funding R. Nandillon's thesis.

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  1. INRA USC1328, LBLGC EA 1207, University of Orleans, rue de Chartres, BP 6759, 45067, Orléans Cedex 2, France

    Romain Nandillon, Manhattan Lebrun, Florie Miard, Domenico Morabito & Sylvain Bourgerie

  2. Environmental Consulting Engineering, IDDEA, 45160, Olivet, France

    Romain Nandillon, Marie Gaillard & Stéphane Sabatier

  3. ISTO, UMR 7327, BRGM, BP 36009, 45060, Orléans, France

    Romain Nandillon & Fabienne Battaglia-Brunet

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RN & ML contributed to conceptualization, methodology, and writing-original draft. FM was involved in methodology. MG & SS contributed to validation. FB-B, DM & SB were involved in conceptualization, validation, supervision, writing-review, and editing.

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Nandillon, R., Lebrun, M., Miard, F. et al. Co-culture of Salix viminalis and Trifolium repens for the phytostabilisation of Pb and As in mine tailings amended with hardwood biochar. Environ Geochem Health 44, 1229–1244 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-021-01153-0

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