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The pots containing plant added
Fusarium equiseti, F. acuminatum
and
F. reticula-
tum
also showed the highest decrease in the petroleum pollution (Fig.
9.1
). Results
show that although all the subjected fungal strains cause decrease in the petro-
leum concentration in soils but application of plant together with associated fungal
strains proves more effective (Fig.
9.1
). It means that plant root exhausts result in
an increase of petroleum biodegradation driven by fungal strains as proposed by
few prior reports (Garcia et al.
2000
; Mohsenzadeh et al.
2009
; Mohsenzade et al.
2009
). Phytoremediation of petroleum pollution is a cost-effective green technol-
ogy; there are more advantages, when it comes to the use of native plants and fungi
(Schröder et al.
2002
). This is the first report on the ability of
A. retroflexus
and its
rhizospheric fungi for remediation of petroleum polluted soils.
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