Abstract Air phytoremediation technology has been reported as a high potential technology for indoor air pollution treatment. Since 1996, NASA has supported this technology for application in the international space station. However, changes in plant physiology and hormone levels under microgravity (μG) conditions might affect air phytoremediation efficiency, especially changes of auxin hormone transportation in plants. In this study, the application of Chlorophytum comosum, high benzene removal plant species, to remove 100 ppm gaseous benzene under μG condition was studied. The experiment was operated for three days in a random positioning machine generate 6.44 × 10−4 G within 1 h. The results showed that under μG, benzene removal efficiency by C. comosum was significantly increased, with a remove more than 80% within three days under both 24 h light and dark conditions. In contrast, C. comosum growing under normal gravity (1G) can remove about 75% and 50% benzene under 24 h light and 24 h dark conditions, respectively. Surprisingly, μG conditions seem to maintain open stomata of a plant open under both 24 h light and dark conditions, and this plant will normally have closed stomata in the dark. In this case, shoot auxin hormone in the form of Indole-3-acetic acid was highly increased in the plant growing under μG. This result suggested that under μG, auxin hormone might be accumulated in the shoot part of plant. This auxin accumulation effect of maintaining open plant stomata can enhance benzene phytoremediation efficiency since stomata are the major benzene uptake pathway. Therefore, this study is the first report presenting the possibility of applying air phytoremediation technology under μG conditions.

    Highlights μG induce air phytoremediation efficiency. μG change auxin translocation in Chlorophytum comosum. μG maintain stomata open under both light and dark conditions. This article is the first study on air phytoremediation technology under μG.


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    Titel :

    Enhancing benzene removal by Chlorophytum comosum under simulation microgravity system: Effect of light-dark conditions and indole-3-acetic acid


    Beteiligte:

    Erschienen in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 175 ; 396-404


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2020-05-27


    Format / Umfang :

    9 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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