Coexistence of Aphis fabae Scop. predators on broad bean growing on soil pollution with heavy metals

Effect of petroleum-derived substances on life history traits of black bean aphid (Aphis fabae Scop.) and on the growth and chemical composition of broad bean

The aim of the study was to determine the effects of various petroleum-derived substances, namely petrol, diesel fuel and spent engine oil, on life history traits and population dynamics of the black bean aphid Aphis fabae Scop. and on growth and chemical composition of its host plant Vicia faba L. Each substance was tested separately, using two concentrations (9 g kg-1 and 18 g kg-1). The expe...

Assessment of Soil Pollution with Heavy Metals in Romania

Viability and Fecundity of Alate Alienicolae of Aphis Fabae Scop . after Flights to Exhaustion

Alate alienicolae of approximately uniform size were obtained from healthy colonies of the same clone maintained in the laboratory at 18 ±5° C. on broad beans (Vicia faba L., var. Claudia Aquadulce). They were collected within \ hr. of the final ecdysis and kept for 24 hr. on young beans in the dark at 20° C. to complete their teneral development and become ready for flight (Taylor, 1957). The ...

Phytoremediation potential of wild plants growing on soil contaminated with heavy metals.

Phytoremediation is an emerging technology that employs higher plants to cleanup contaminated environments, including metal-polluted soils. Because it produces a biomass rich in extracted toxic metals, further treatment of this biomass is necessary. The aim of our study was to assess the five-year potential of the following native wild plants to produce biomass and remove heavy metals from a po...

Characteristics of Baseline and Analysis of Pollution on the Heavy Metals in Surficial Soil of Guiyang