Enhanced phytoextraction of Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd with EDTA and EDDS

C Luo, Z Shen, X Li - Chemosphere, 2005 - Elsevier
EDDS was less effective than EDTA. The maximum Cu phytoextraction was found with the
EDDS … The application of EDTA and EDDS also significantly increased the shoot-to-root ratios …

Comparison of EDTA and EDDS as potential soil amendments for enhanced phytoextraction of heavy metals

E Meers, A Ruttens, MJ Hopgood, D Samson… - Chemosphere, 2005 - Elsevier
… promising substrate for use as soil amendment for enhanced phytoextraction purposes. The
plant species used for the enhanced phytoextraction experiment in this study, is Helianthus …

Enhanced phytoextraction of Pb and other metals from artificially contaminated soils through the combined application of EDTA and EDDS

C Luo, Z Shen, X Li, AJM Baker - Chemosphere, 2006 - Elsevier
… Chemically enhanced phytoextraction is achieved by the … the combined application of EDTA
and EDDS on the uptake of … and 2:1 (EDTA/EDDS), 2:1 of EDTA:EDDS was the most efficient …

EDDS and EDTA-enhanced phytoextraction of metals from artificially contaminated soil and residual effects of chelant compounds

C Luo, Z Shen, L Lou, X Li - Environmental Pollution, 2006 - Elsevier
… chemically enhanced phytoextractionEDTA, and had the highest enhancement of Cu and
Pb concentrations in its shoots. Compared with EDTA, EDDS was more effective in enhancing

A novel strategy using biodegradable EDDS for the chemically enhanced phytoextraction of soils contaminated with heavy metals

CL Luo, ZG Shen, AJM Baker, XD Li - Plant and soil, 2006 - Springer
EDDS in hot solutions to soil may be an efficient alternative in chemically-enhanced
phytoextraction to … with biodegradable EDDS, in comparison to EDTA, in hot solutions can further …

The use of NTA and EDDS for enhanced phytoextraction of metals from a multiply contaminated soil by Brassica carinata

MF Quartacci, B Irtelli, AJM Baker, F Navari-Izzo - Chemosphere, 2007 - Elsevier
EDDS has the potential to be a substitute of EDTA in chelant-assisted phytoextraction as
it is a strong chelators and, unlike EDTA, it … Indeed, mineralization of EDDS in sludge-amended …

Potential and drawbacks of EDDS-enhanced phytoextraction of copper from contaminated soils

M Komárek, A Vaněk, L Mrnka, R Sudová… - Environmental …, 2010 - Elsevier
… However, the competition of major soil cations (eg, Fe) for the EDDS/EDTA ligand influences
significantly the extraction efficiency of the chelating agent and surpluses of the chelants …

Enhanced phytoextraction: in search of EDTA alternatives

E Meers, M Hopgood, E Lesage… - … of Phytoremediation, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
… soil amendments for enhancing phytoextraction of heavy … experiment was conducted in
which EDTA, citric acid, and NH … Both EDTA and DTPA resulted in increased levels of heavy …

Uptake of metals during chelant-assisted phytoextraction with EDDS related to the solubilized metal concentration

S Tandy, R Schulin, B Nowack - Environmental science & …, 2006 - ACS Publications
EDDS was also found to be better than EDTA at solubilizing … EDTA and EDDS have been
measured in plant roots, shoots, … if EDDS could be used for chelant-assisted phytoextraction

The effect of EDDS addition on the phytoextraction efficiency from Pb contaminated soil by Sedum alfredii Hance

X Wang, Y Wang, Q Mahmood, E Islam, X Jin… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2009 - Elsevier
EDTA, it is easily biodegradable. Many researchers have recently reported the use of EDDS
in chelate enhanced phytoremediation of … of EDDS to increase the phytoextraction efficiency …