利用离子束提高水生植物对富营养化水体修复功能的初步研究

Ion beams have been widely usedinthe semiconduc-tor industryand appliedfor surface modificationof materi-als since the1970s,while nobody had discussed howthese ion beams could be used in genetic modification inbiological science,evenfewpeople paid attentionto bio-logical effects induced byion beamandtheir possible usein genetics.In1986,Yu et al.have discovered the ge-netic effects in rice mediated by low energy ions1—5].Since thenion beamradiation has been widely usedtoim-prove crops and the performance of...

Studies on ion beam application to improve aquatic macrophyte remediation capacity in eutrophic waters

Using ion beam biotechnology in combination with soil-less plant cultivation on artificial substratum (floating beds), the experiments were conducted with Ipomoea aquatica Forsk. Plants were attached to floating-beds which were placed on the surface of artificially nutrient-enriched tank water, in order to study the purification and remediation efficiency of ion beam-treated I.aquatica cultivars. The results show that N+ ion beams with 25keV energy and dosages of 0, 2.6, 3.9, 5.2, 6.5, 7.8, 9.1 ×1013N+ (ions)/cm2 affected I. aquatica dry seeds differently, with the dose of 3.9 × 1013N+ (ions)/cm2 improving effectively the performance as expressed by various biological indices. After ion beam application, I. aquatica cultivars grew well in nutrient-enriched water bodies, increasing the growth of leaves and stem, number of leaves, length and area of roots, plant height, and weight more remarkably than observed in the control. The net removing rates of TN, TP were as high as 75% and 82%, respectively. Especially under the dose of 3.9 × 1013N + (ions)/cm2, the net removing rates of TN, TP were highest, for 77% and 85%, respectively. It was proved that ion beam application improves phytoremediation and may be used to purify nutrient rich water bodies.