ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Inoculation of Pinus halepensis
with the Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Scleroderma
Helps in Phytoremediation of Soil Polymetallic
Pollution
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Polyvalent Laboratory in Research and Development, Beni Mellal Polydisciplinary Faculty, Morocco
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Research Team in Applied Chemistry and Modeling ERCAM, Faculty Polydisciplinary Beni Mellal, Morocco
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Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnologies, Agro-sciences and Environment (BioMAgE), Faculty of Sciences Semlalia,
Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco
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Laboratory of Hydrobiology, Ecotoxicology and Sanitation LHEA (URAC33), Faculty of Sciences Semlalia,
Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco
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National Center for Research and Studies on Water and Energy (CNEREE), BP/511, University Cadi Ayyad,
Marrakesh 40 000, Morocco
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Laboratory of microbial Biotechnologies, Agro-sciences and Environment (BioMAgE), Faculty of Sciences Semlalia,
Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco
Submission date: 2020-09-07
Final revision date: 2020-12-24
Acceptance date: 2020-12-27
Online publication date: 2021-10-19
Publication date: 2021-12-02
Corresponding author
Lahcen Ouahmane
Laboratory of microbial biotechnologies, Cadi Ayyad University, moulay abdellah, 40000, marrakech, Morocco
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(6):5669-5680
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This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Pinus halepensis inoculated with the ectomycorrhizal
fungi spores belonging to Scleroderma in phytoremediation of polymetallic soil. Tailings were collected
in the Kettara polymetallic abandoned mine in southern Morocco and diluted with sand in the following
proportions, 10%, 25%, 50% and 75%. The pots experiment was conducted for six months under
greenhouse conditions. The results show that the studied plant reveals a great tolerance even at high
proportion of contaminated soil (75%). The average length and biomass of the aerial and root parts
of both inoculated and non-inoculated seedlings decreased with the increase of the proportion of the
polluted soil. The inoculated seedlings have shown higher length and biomass than non-inoculated
seedlings. The symbiotic association between Pinus halepensis and the fungus Scleroderma could be
proposed as an ultimate solution for the phytoremediation of polluted soils.