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dc.contributor.author | VAN SLYCKEN, Stijn | - |
dc.contributor.author | WITTERS, Nele | - |
dc.contributor.author | MEERS, Erik | - |
dc.contributor.author | PEENE, Andy | - |
dc.contributor.author | Michels, Evi | - |
dc.contributor.author | ADRIAENSEN, Kristin | - |
dc.contributor.author | RUTTENS, Ann | - |
dc.contributor.author | VANGRONSVELD, Jaco | - |
dc.contributor.author | DU LAING, Gijs | - |
dc.contributor.author | WIERINCK, Isabella | - |
dc.contributor.author | VAN DAEL, Miet | - |
dc.contributor.author | VAN PASSEL, Steven | - |
dc.contributor.author | TACK, Filip | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-21T12:47:43Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-21T12:47:43Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 178, p. 375-380 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0269-7491 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/15255 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Production of food crops on trace element-contaminated agricultural lands in the Campine region (Belgium) can be problematic as legal threshold values for safe use of these crops can be exceeded. Conventional sanitation of vast areas is too expensive and alternatives need to be investigated. Zea mays on a trace element-contaminated soil in the region showed an average yield of 53 10 Mg fresh or 20 3 Mg dry biomass ha 1. Whole plant Cd concentrations complied with legal threshold values for animal feed. Moreover, threshold values for use in anaerobic digestion were met. Biogas production potential did not differ between maize grown on contaminated and non-contaminated soils. Results suggested favorable perspectives for farmers to generate non-food crops profitably, although effective soil cleaning would be very slow. This demonstrates that a valuable and sustainable alternative use can be generated for moderately contaminated soils on which conventional agriculture is impaired. | - |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was funded by the Institute for the promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT-Flanders, Grant IWT/CLO/50702). We want to thank OVAM, as the planting and management of this site is part of a demonstration project in the context of the INTERREG-project BENEKEMPEN. Also many thanks to laboratory staff of the departments and to Pioneer and KWS for providing the seeds | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.subject.other | Anaerobic digestion; Metal; Phytomanagement; Phytoremediation; Zea mays L. | - |
dc.title | Safe use of metal-contaminated agricultural land by cultivation of energy maize (Zea mays) | - |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 380 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 375 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 178 | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.jcat | A1 | - |
dc.description.notes | Reprint Address: Witters, N (reprint author) - Hasselt Univ, Ctr Environm Sci CMK, Agoralaan Bldg D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. E-mail Addresses:nele.witters@uhasselt.be | - |
local.type.refereed | Refereed | - |
local.type.specified | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.03.032 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | 000320487700050 | - |
item.validation | ecoom 2014 | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.fullcitation | VAN SLYCKEN, Stijn; WITTERS, Nele; MEERS, Erik; PEENE, Andy; Michels, Evi; ADRIAENSEN, Kristin; RUTTENS, Ann; VANGRONSVELD, Jaco; DU LAING, Gijs; WIERINCK, Isabella; VAN DAEL, Miet; VAN PASSEL, Steven & TACK, Filip (2013) Safe use of metal-contaminated agricultural land by cultivation of energy maize (Zea mays). In: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 178, p. 375-380. | - |
item.accessRights | Restricted Access | - |
item.contributor | VAN SLYCKEN, Stijn | - |
item.contributor | WITTERS, Nele | - |
item.contributor | MEERS, Erik | - |
item.contributor | PEENE, Andy | - |
item.contributor | Michels, Evi | - |
item.contributor | ADRIAENSEN, Kristin | - |
item.contributor | RUTTENS, Ann | - |
item.contributor | VANGRONSVELD, Jaco | - |
item.contributor | DU LAING, Gijs | - |
item.contributor | WIERINCK, Isabella | - |
item.contributor | VAN DAEL, Miet | - |
item.contributor | VAN PASSEL, Steven | - |
item.contributor | TACK, Filip | - |
crisitem.journal.issn | 0269-7491 | - |
crisitem.journal.eissn | 1873-6424 | - |
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