Full Length Research Paper

Concentrations of heavy metals in soil and leaves of plant species Paulownia elongata S.Y.Hu and Paulownia fortunei Hemsl

Milan Knezevic¹, Dragica Stankovic¹, Borivoj Krstic², Mirjana Sijacic Nikolic¹* and Dragica Vilotic¹

¹Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade, Kneza Viseslava 1, Belgrade, Serbia

²Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Dositeja Obradovica 21, Novi Sad.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: 3.marija@gmail.com.

Accepted 28 August, 2009

   Abstract

This paper sums up the results of the research on heavy metals contents (Pb, Ni, Fe, Zn and Mn) in soil and leaves of the plant species, Paulownia elongata S.Y. Hu and Paulownia fortunei Hemsl. at the plantation established on the eutric brown soil in Banat (Vojvodina). The plantation, which served as the control field is at the municipality of Bela Crkva, far away from the main traffic lines. Concentrations of analyzed heavy metals in the leaves of the tree species, Paulownia growing in urban and suburban conditions were compared with the concentration of polluters in the leaves of the tree species, P. elongata and P. fortunei in the experimental field in Bela Crkva.

Key words: Heavy metals, Pb, Ni, Fe, Zn, Mn, soil, plant species paulownia.