Mullika Teerakun, Alissara Reungsang, Teeraphot Supaviriyakit and Wanpen Wirojanagud
pp. 171 - 176
Abstract
In this study, the ability of plants to clean up carbofuran residues in rice field soil was examined. Plants were grown in 8 inches diameter plastic pots filled with soils containing 5 mg/kg carbofuran. Phytoremediated samples were analyzed for carbofuran concentration. The results showed that carbofuran was rapidly degraded under planted soil and non-planted soil with half-lives ranging from 2-7 days. These facts suggest that phytoremediation could accelerate the degradation of carbofuran residues in soil and carbofuran was not persistent in the soil environment.
