The NETMIN project results impact the academic community

The research underpinning the NETMIN project led to the identification of the cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum L.) as a viable solution for bioremediating soils polluted with heavy metals in mining areas. The article published in Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 48(4), 2020 by the group of authors lead by Radu Șumălan, and Cornelia Muntean „The cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum L.) – a viable solution for bioremediating soils polluted with heavy metals”  (https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha48412160) is cited by 8 other international journals, spreading the word that phytoremediation represents a sustainable, long-term, and relatively inexpensive strategy, convenient for stabilizing and improving the environment in former heavy metal-polluted mining sites.

Notulae 2020