White cabbage in the biofumigation process- expectations and perspectives

Anna Piekarska; Marzena Szczygłowska; Barbara Kusznierewicz; Renata Bączek-Kwinta; Agnieszka Bartoszek-Pączkowska; Jacek Namieśnik

White cabbage in the biofumigation process- expectations and perspectives

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Health risks related to common use of pesticides and artificial fertilizers raised the interest in alteranative methods of crop protection, among them biofumigation is becoming the most promising. In this process certain natural compounds, mainly degradation products of glucosinolates produced by Brassica species are used to combat pests and microorganisms attacking crops. Increased synthesis of these bioactive compounds can be observed when the crop is attacked by pests or grows on contaminated soil. Our research focuses on white cabbage (B.oleracea var.capitata) which first can be used to clean the soil contaminated with heavy metals (phytoremedation) and then as a substrate for production of biopreparate for crop protection in the process of biofumigation. Our studies show that there is correlation between heavy metal content in soil where the cabbage was grown and the amonut of bioactive compounds in this cabbage, which are important in biofumigation. These results encourage further research on the role of cabbage in phytoremediation and biofumigation of soils.

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Anna Piekarska mgr inż.
Marzena Szczygłowska mgr inż.
Barbara Kusznierewicz dr hab. inż.
Renata Bączek-Kwinta
Agnieszka Bartoszek-Pączkowska prof. dr hab. inż.
Jacek Namieśnik prof. dr hab. inż.

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Category:: Conference activity
Type:: publikacja w wydawnictwie zbiorowym recenzowanym (także w materiałach konferencyjnych)
Title of issue:: 14th International Symposium of Students and Young Mechanical Engineers :''Advances in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering''. - Vol. 1/2, Gdansk, 5th-7th May 2011 strony 171 - 174
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2011
Bibliographic description:: Piekarska A., Szczygłowska M., Kusznierewicz B., Bączek-Kwinta R., Bartoszek-Pączkowska A., Namieśnik J.: White cabbage in the biofumigation process- expectations and perspectives// 14th International Symposium of Students and Young Mechanical Engineers :''Advances in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering''. - Vol. 1/2, Gdansk, 5th-7th May 2011/ ed. ed. C. Fijało. - Faculty Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Faculty Gdansk University of Technology. Gdańsk: , 2011, s.171-174
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