Research Article
Evaluation of Ricinus communis L. for the Phytoremediation of Polluted Soil with Organochlorine Pesticides
Table 3
Root/shoot ratio and bioconcentration ratio (BCR) determined for the pesticide concentration in Ricinus communis L.
| OCPs | Ricinus communis L. | Root/shoot (RSD) | Root/soil (RSD) |
| (1) -HCH | 0.014 (4.2) | 0.773 (3.8) | (2) -HCH | 0.147 (4.4) | 0.064 (6.1) | (3) -HCH | 0.265 (6.1) | 0.079 (6.8) | (4) Chlorpyrifos | 0.453 (3.9) | 0.123 (4.0) | (5) Heptachlor | 0.565 (6.2) | 0.875 (4.3) | (6) Aldrin | 0.480 (5.7) | 0.152 (6.2) | (7) Heptachlor epoxide | ND | ND | (8) Dieldrin | 0.210 (5.2) | 0.108 (5.8) | (9) Trans-chlordane | 2.592 (4.1) | 1.273 (4.5) | (10) o,p′-DDE | 2.559 (6.0) | 3.071 (5.5) | (11) Endrin | 0.378 (6.1) | 0.081 (7.0) | (12) o,p′-DDT | 0.820 (6.2) | 0.587 (6.5) | (13) p,p′-DDT | 0.769 (5.8) | 0.968 (4.2) | (14) Diclofop-methyl | 3.668 (4.6) | 2.085 (5.1) | (15) 4,4′-Methoxychlor | 1.841 (3.8) | 2.066 (3.5) |
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