o:6976 Potential use of invasive species Xanthium italicum as a metal accumulator in bioremediation en The industrial, mining and motor vehicle waste, are serious threats as sources of metal contamination of ecosystems. Thus, the use of plants- metal accumulators for bioremediation is very important. Content of 24 elements (Al, Ba, Be, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, Pb, Tl, V, Zn, As, B, Si, P, and Se) of invasive plant Xanthium italicum Moretti (family Asteraceae, Heliantheae) and corresponding soils from Serbia, was determined. Herb tissues of root, stem, and ripe fruit were examined. The samples were taken from tailing pond Gornje polje of the mine Trepča (Kosovo) and the locations near the mountain village Temska and Prosek (East Serbia). All samples were examined by the ICP-OES method, and the obtained results were compared. It was found that both soil and plant samples from the tailing pond Gornje polje contain a significant excess of a large number of elements. The soil sample from Gornje polje showed an expected enormous Pb and Zn concentration, but also a high value of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn and Ni concentration, as well as an excess of Al, Co, and V. Corresponding plant sample contained and excess concentrations of heavy metals Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr, Mn, Cu, Ni and As, as well as the plants from the different location. The highest content of phosphorus and silicon was found in soil and fruit sample from Prosek. Results of this study suggest the possibility that X. italicum could be successfully used as a bioaccumulator of metals in the process of bioremediation. invasive plants, Xanthium italicum, metal content, soil pollution, bioremediation 1552100 978-86-911965-5-4 91552100 SR-ID 46194953 2025-02-03T13:54:37.044Z 44 yes 46 Vesna Stankov-Jovanović 46 Violeta Mitić 46 Marija Marković 0000-0002-6070-6844 46 Marija Ilić 46 Sofija Rančić 46 Slobodan Ćirić 46 Jelena Nikolić application/pdf 2528803 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:6976 no yes 16 70 92000004 2021 71A07 Zbornik rezimea, XI kongres o korovima i savetovanje o herbicidima i regulatorima rasta, Палић, 20 - 23 септембар, 2021 (Book of abstracts, 11th Weed Science Congress and Symposium on Herbicides and Growth Regulators, Palić, September, 20. - 23, 2021) 76 Herbološko društvo Srbije (Weed Science Society odf Serbia) 2021