Environmental Science
8 years ago

Pond plants Eichhornia crassipes and Salvinia natans clean up polluted water!

Guangdong nongye kexue
Absorbency of Eichhornia crassipes, Salvinia natans and Alternanthrra philoxeroides to nitrogen and phosphorus in polluted water.
Sheng-ping Liu, Hu ZhiQi, Zhiwen Xu, Hu LangYun, Wang Hong-liang

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The study looked at how three types of plants, Eichhornia crassipes, Salvinia natans, and Alternanthrra philoxeroides, grow in polluted water and absorb nitrogen and phosphorus. Eichhornia crassipes performed the best, with the highest biomass and strongest absorption of nutrients, followed by Salvinia natans and Alternanthrra philoxeroides.