Selected Papers [Process of soil pollution and remediation]

1- Pedron F., Petruzzelli G., Barbafieri M., Tassi E. 2013. Evaluating bioavailable contaminant stripping for remediation of an industrial mercury contaminated soil. Pedosphere 23(1): 104-110.

2- Barbafieri M., Cassina L., Tassi E., Petruzzelli G., Pedron F., Ambrosini P. Using a plant hormone and a thioligand to improve phytoremediation of Hg-contaminated soil from a petrochemical plant. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 231-232 pp. 36 - 42. Elsevier, 2012.  

3- Giansoldati V., Tassi E., Morelli E., Edi Gabellieri E., Pedron F., and Barbafieri M. 2012. Nitrogen fertilizer improves boron phytoextraction by Brassica juncea grown in contaminated sediments and alleviates plant stress. Chemosphere 87: 1119-1125.

4- Barbafieri M., Dadea C., Tassi E. L., Bretzel F., Fanfani L. Uptake of heavy metals by native species growing in a mining area in Sardinia, Italy: discovering native flora for phytoremediation. In: International Journal of Phytoremediation, vol. 13 pp. 985 - 997. Taylor & Francis, 2011.        

5- Tassi E. L., Pedron F., Barbafieri M. Evaluating the absorption of boron by plants - A potential tool to remediate contaminated sediments from Cecina river basin in Italy. In: Water Air and Soil Pollution, vol. 216 pp. 275 - 287. Springer, 2011.     

6- Cassina L., Tassi E. L., Morelli E., Giorgetti L., Remorini D., Chaney R. L., Barbafieri M. Exogenous cytokinin treatments of a Ni hyper-accumulator, Alyssum murale, grown in a serpentine soil: implications for phytoextraction. In: International Journal of Phytoremediation, vol. 13 (S1) pp. 90 - 101. Taylor & Francis, 2011.        

7- Barbafieri M., Pini R., Ciucci A., Tassi E. L. Field assessment of Pb in contaminated soils and in leaf mustard (Brassica juncea): the LIBS technique. In: Chemistry and Ecology, vol. 27 (Supplement Februeary 2011) pp. 161 - 169. Taylor & Francis, 2011.        

8- Pedron F., Petruzzelli G., Barbafieri M., Tassi E. L. Strategies to use phytoextraction in very acidic soil contaminated by heavy metals. In: CHEMOSPHERE, vol. 75 pp. 808 - 814. Elsevier, 2009.