This work aimed to evaluate the efficiency of plant species in the phytoremediation of the herbicide trifloxysulfuron sodium in soils, by using corn crop as a bioindicator. The treatments were composed by the combination of the species (Calopogonium muconoides, Crotalaria juncea, Crotalaria spectabilis, Vicia sativa, Cajanus cajan, Canavalia ensiformis, Helianthus annus, Dolichus lablab, Pennisetum glaucum, Stylosantes guianensis, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna cinereum, Mucuna aterrima, Raphanus sativus and Lupinus albus) sowed before the corn, without previous cultivation (control), and three rates of trifloxysulfuron sodium (0.00,3.75 and 15.00 g ha-1). The experiment was arranged in a randomized block design, in a factorial scheme, with three replicates. Eighty days after sowing, the plants were cut and the shoots discarded. After that, corn (cultivar AG-122) was sowed. Forty five days after emergence, corn height and shoot dry biomass were recorded. M. aterrima and C. ensiformis were considered efficient regarding decontamination of the herbicide residues in soil.
phytoremediation; decontamination; green manure; soils
