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)