PHYTOREMEDIATION POTENTIAL OF URBAN TREE

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PHYTOREMEDIATION POTENTIAL OF URBAN TREE (Pongamia pinnata) IN REMOVING HEAVY METALS FROM CONTAMINATED SOILS AFFECTED BY MN-BASED INDUSTRIAL WASTE

Nurul Nabila Binti Mohd Azman

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Bachelor of Science with Honours (Plant Resource Science and Management)

2015

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UNlVERSJ11 MALAYSIA SARAWA

Phytoremediation Potential of urban tree (Pongamia pinnata) in removing heavy metals from contaminated soils affected by Mn-based Industrial Waste.

Nurul Nabila binti Mohd Azman 35179

This project report is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of

Bachelor Science with Honours

(Plant Resource Science & Management)

Supervisor: Dr. Mohd Effendi bin Wasli

Co. Supervisor: Prof. Hamsawi bin Sani

Plant Resource Science and Management

Department of Plant Science and Environmental Ecology

Faculty of Resource Science and Technology

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

2015

APPROVAL SHEET

Name of candidate

: Nurul Nabila binti Mohd Azman

Matric number

: 35179

Title of thesis

: Phytoremediation Potential of urban tree (Pongamia pinnata) in removing heavy metals from contaminated soils affected by Mn-based industrial waste

(PROF. HAMSAWI BIN SAN!)

(DR. REBICCA EDWARD) Coordinator Department of Plant Science & Environmental Ecology Faculty of Resource Science & Technology Universiti Malaysia Sarawak II

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the Final Year Project Report is based on my originality work except for quotations and citations, which have been acknowledged. I also declare that it has not previously or concurrently submitted for any degree qualification and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS or other institutions of higher learning.

(NURUL NABILA BINTI MOHD AZMAN) 35179 Plant Resource Science & Management Department of Plant Science & Environmental Ecology Faculty of Resource Science & Technology Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious and Most Merciful, all praise is to Allah for giving me the greatest strength and the best health condition to face those challenges and hardships during the research (September 2014 to May 2015).

My sincere heartfelt and greatest appreciation goes to my supervisor, Dr. Mohd Effendi bin Wasli. Infinite thanks for guiding, supervising, monitoring, encouraging and giving extraordinary support in completing this project. And not to forget, my co-supervisor, Prof. Hamsawi bin Sani for the assistance given during the research project.

Special thanks to Mugunthan NL Perumal and Ho Soo Ying who has helped me a lot in giving guidance and extra knowledge in lab analyses during my research project. Ever since my project began, I have learnt a lot and gained much new knowledge, inputs which are totally invaluable. The sincerest gratitude too goes to my parents, Mohd Azman bin Isthnin and Che Saleha binti Md. Diah as well as my little brother for giving me endless motivational supports and prayers at all times in which I that need them the most, as always. A very much thanks goes to best friends who has helped me a lot - Muhamad Safwan, Norfatinnatasha, Noorizzatie, Syahidah Rasyira, and the others which I

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there were a lot of them who has helped me directly or indirectly and I cannot thank them enough. Without these peoples, my research project could not be completed within the stipulated time. I hope that this research can contribute to the benefit for future generations.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Title page.......................................... ...................................... .................

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Approval sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............

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Declaration. . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ....

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Acknowledgement.................................... ....................................... ..........

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Table of Contents.....................................................................................

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List of Abbreviations........................................................................ ..........

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List of Figures.........................................................................................

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List of Tables...... ... .................................................... .. ................. ...........

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List of Appendices...... ............ ......................................................... .........

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AbstractlAbstrak .......................................................................................

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General Introduction...........................................................................

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1.1 Introduction........... .....................................................................

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1.2 Problem statement........................................................................

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1.3 Objectives..................................................................................

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Literature review............................................................... ...............

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2.1 Industrial Waste and its Negative Impacts towards Soil and the

Environment. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2.2 Phytoremediation technologies.........................................................

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2.3 Plants with phytoaccumulator potential....................................... .........

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2.4 Potentiality of Pongamia pinnata as a hyperaccumulator of heavy

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4.0

metals for phytoremediation purposes................................................

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Methodology.... ..•........................ ..................... ................................

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3.1 Experimental Design ................................:....................................

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3.2 Plant Growth Parameter Analyses for Pot Trials.................. ...... ...... .......

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3.3 Soil Analyses for Growth Media.......................................................

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3.4 Statistical analysis........................................................................

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Results & Discussion...................... ...................................................

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4.1

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Growth Performance of P. pinnata Before and After Experiment............... 4.1.1 Performance in survival, height, stem diameter, fresh: dry

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weight, root: shoot ratio and toxicity scores.................................

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4.1.2 Dry biomass of shoots and roots and plant total dry biomass in

response to Mn slag treatments.. .. ............................................

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4.2 General Soil Physicochemical Properties of Growth Media. .. ...... ............

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4.3 Concentration of heavy metals in soil and plant parts of P. pinnata... ... ... .....

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4.3.1 Heavy metal concentration in the growth media and plant parts of P.

pinnata before planting and after harvest..................... ...............

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4.3.2 Heavy metal concentration in various plant parts (shoots and

roots).. .... ... ... ... ... ... ......... ...... ...... ...... ....... ....... .... ... ..........

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4.3.3 Total of heavy metal concentration in the plant... ............ ... ........ ....

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4.4 Phytoremediation potential of P. pinnata as a hyperaccumulator for

phytoremediation purposes......... ................................................ ...

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4.4.1 Bioconcentration factors (BCF) & Translocation factors (TF)

of Heavy Metals... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ............ .....

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4.5 Comparison between the heavy metal concentrations to the specific

standards for soil in relation to growth of P. pinnata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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5.0 Conclusion and Recommendations ...........:............................................. ...

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6.0 References............................................................... ..................... ....

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7.0 Appendices... .................. ... ........ .... ...... ... ... ...... ... ......... ... ... ... ... ... ......

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

ANOVA

Analysis of Variance

AVP

A vailable Phosphorus (P)

BCF

Bioconcentration factor

CEC

Cation Exchange Capacity

CRBD

Complete Randomized Block Design

EC

Electrical Conductivity

ICP-OES

Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometer

PPI

Phytoremediation Potential Indicator

RE

Removal efficiency

SE

Standard error

SD

Standard deviation

SPSS

Statistical Package for the Social Sciences

TF

Translocation factor

TKN

Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen

TO

Treatment for Control (topsoil only)

T1

Treatment for topsoil + 10% Mn slag

T2

Treatm