Woody Plant Phytoremediation Efficacy Across 104 Genera and 10 Contaminants

A meta-analysis synthesizing 2,766 observations from published data on woody plant phytoremediation. The dataset covers 104 woody plant genera and 10 contaminants, analyzing effects on biomass, contaminant accumulation, and oxidative stress markers. It was authored by Zhongyu Du and last updated on 2026-05-08.

Use Cases

• Predicting dendroremediation performance based on plant genus, environmental pH, metallic type, and concentration as described.
• Identifying metal-specific accumulation or growth responses in genera like Ilex, Ficus, and Salix under cadmium, lead, or zinc exposure.
• Quantifying the impact of heavy metals on plant biomass reduction and contaminant accumulation in different tissues.
• Supporting field validation for soil dendroremediation under multi-contaminant conditions using the quantitative basis provided.

Strengths

• Synthesizes 2,766 observations from a broad scope of published data.
• Covers 104 woody plant genera and 10 different contaminants, providing a wide taxonomic and chemical scope.
• Quantifies specific effects, such as biomass reduction of 18.2%-25.1% and increases in contaminant accumulation by up to 8758.9%.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect publication bias inherent to the meta-analysis of existing literature.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Multi-level random-effects meta-analysis of published data, with log response ratios calculated from treatment and control means, standard deviations and sample sizes.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 15:18:26; freshness should be verified.