Research Article
Enhancing the Phytoremediation of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soils in the Sudd Wetlands, South Sudan, Using Organic Manure
Table 1
Sudd region phytoremediators of petroleum hydrocarbon.
| | Phytoremediator | Percentage reduction of TPH from concentration of 75 gkg−1 soil | | Common/local name | Scientific name |
| | Thatching grass | Hyparrhenia rufa | 74.40 | | Wild rice | Oryza longistaminata | 56.17 | | False sunflower | Tithonia diversifolia | 55.92 | | Sudan grass | Sorghum arundinaceum | 50.12 | | No plant (control) | No plant (control) | 14.80 |
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Source: Ruley et al. [ 35]. |