Endophytes and Halophytes to Remediate Industrial Wastewater and Saline Soils: Perspectives from Qatar.

ABSTRACT: Many halophytes are considered to be salt hyperaccumulators, adopting ion extrusion and inclusion mechanisms. Such plants, with high aboveground biomass, may play crucial roles in saline habitats, including soil desalination and phytoremediation of polluted soils and waters. These plants cause significant changes in some of the soil's physical and chemical properties; and have proven efficient in removing heavy metals and metabolizing organic compounds from oil and gas activities. Halophytes in Qatar, such as Halopeplis perfoliata, Salicornia europaea, Salsola soda, and Tetraena qatarensis, are shown here to play significant roles in the phytoremediation of polluted soils and waters. Microorganisms associated with these halophytes (such as endophytic bacteria) m

SUBMITTER: Yasseen BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9182595 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature