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F i g . 9 Phytomanagement strategies of arsenic waste management with ferns, ornamentals, fungi, bacteria, and
mycorrhizae
Fig. 10 Use of arsenic accumulator plants ( Pteris vittata , Colocasia esculenta , and Cyperus sp.) for arsenic removal
from contaminated water (Kurosawa et al. 2008 ; Nakwanit et al. 2011 )
colonization by an AM fungus ( Glomus mosseae )
on biomass and an arsenate uptake of an As
hyperaccumulator, Pteris vittata , has been reported
(Wu et al. 2009 ). Arsenic- hyperaccumulating
fern, P. vittata (an important foliage ornamental),
was also used in the pilot-scale demonstration
phytofi ltration project to produce drinking quality
water from As-contaminated groundwater in
New Mexico, a classic example of service to
mankind (Elless et al. 2005 ) (Figs. 9 and 10 ).
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