Physiological and Anatomical Study of The role of Phytoremediation of Mustard Plant in Reducing Pollutants in Najaf Governorate/Iraq

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Year : 2025 | Volume : 15 | Issue : 03 | Page : –
    By

    Afrah Mahdi Aldhalimi,

  • Kawther Kadhem Abd-Alrudhe Hassan,

  • Hawraa Ghassan Hussein Salim,

  • Hameeda Abed Noor,

Abstract

The experiment was conducted in Najaf Governorate / Iraq during the winter of 2023 to determine the types of some heavy metals in Najovernorate and to know the role of phytoremediation of mustard plant in absorbing these heavy metals and the plant’s response to these pollutants by measuring some nutrients and heavy metals and studying some anatomical characteristics. Large pots were used in the experiment and distributed after a month of germination to the study sites represented by (P1- natural climate area, P2- restaurant (Barakat Al-Sabtain Restaurant), P3- residential neighborhood (Al-Zahraa neighborhood), P4- airport street (Najaf Airport), P5- cement factory (Kufa Cement Factory). The results indicated an increase in the leaf content of elements (P, Mg, Ba, and K) in the plants found in P1, as the site recorded the highest value for these elements, which are 0.89% , 9.509 mg/Kg , 3.38 mg/Kg  , and 1.44%  respectively. As for the Ca element, it was noted that its content in the plant leaves had increased in site P5, as it recorded the highest value compared to the other sites. There was a significant increase in the concentration of heavy elements (Pb, Li, and Cu) in site P5, as the site recorded the highest percentage of the mentioned elements, reaching 6.560 mg/Kg, 24.50 mg/Kg  and 15.598 mg/Kg respectively. While a significant increase in the concentration of the elements Ni appeared in P4 and recorded the highest rates 4.342 mg/kg, while the significant increase in Cd It was observed in P2 and recorded the highest rate of 0.499 mg/kg. The results of the study showed an increase in the thickness of the stem cortex, the number of its layers, and the length of the vascular bundles in plants living in environments where heavy elements increase. The P5 recorded the highest value in the mentioned indicators and gave values ​​of 44.8 mm, 8.2, and 9.56 mm , while the P2 recorded an increase in the number of vascular bundles and stem Diameter.

Keywords: Phytoremediation ,Nutrients, Heavy metals, Anatomical traits, Mustard, Pollutions

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Afrah Mahdi Aldhalimi, Kawther Kadhem Abd-Alrudhe Hassan, Hawraa Ghassan Hussein Salim, Hameeda Abed Noor. Physiological and Anatomical Study of The role of Phytoremediation of Mustard Plant in Reducing Pollutants in Najaf Governorate/Iraq. OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal. 2025; 15(03):-.
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