The company was started nearly 10 years ago by Rafael Luque. A great guy with some good ideas and the will to us vetiver
Enjoy!
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Monday, June 7, 2010
Vetiver System on extreme sites
The company was started nearly 10 years ago by Rafael Luque. A great guy with some good ideas and the will to us vetiver
Enjoy!
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Dear Prof. Trong, dear sirs
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, let me introduce myself: I´m an Argentinian entrepreneur who inherited a farm planted with Vetiver. My father imported around 40 year ago to make some trials for perfums scences but didn´t went through and right now I´m developing it in order to use the specie for wastewater and waste leaks treatment as well as for erosion prevention and control.
I have some doubts and I would like to make you some queries. It´s very likely that these matters have been already studied and published; if so, I´d appreciate the information or links where I can get them.
My questions are as follows:
Contaminants on waste waters and soil (such as mining dams), including heavy metals, are fixed and bio-accumulated by Vetiver on the leaves and/or roots?
How often the leaves are naturally renewed on the plants? Which is the average life-cycle of the leaves (timing), as we understand that plants can live for more than 100 years…
In case leaves fade away and get dried, or are cut (and used for instance as mulch) how is the behavior of those contaminants and heavy metal on these decayed leaves (where they have been fixed and bio-accumulated)? Are they transferred to the soil?
Could you please advise me about published papers or researchs in this regard?
Additionally, do you have any recommendation to make me in relation to bio-accumulation of contaminants and heavy metals on leaves and roots of Vetiver plants?
Many thanks in advance and we look forward to meet you in Argentina soon! You´re cordially invited to Salta, in the North-West of the country.
Best regards,
D. Arias
Dear Prof. Trong, dear other Vetiver experts,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, let me introduce myself: I´m an Argentinian entrepreneur who inherited a farm planted with Vetiver. My father imported around 40 year ago to make some trials for perfums scences but didn´t went through and right now I´m developing it in order to use the specie for wastewater and waste leaks treatment as well as for erosion prevention and control.
I have some doubts and I would like to make you some queries. It´s very likely that these matters have been already studied and published; if so, I´d appreciate the information or links where I can get them.
My questions are as follows:
Contaminants on waste waters and soil (such as mining dams), including heavy metals, are fixed and bio-accumulated by Vetiver on the leaves and/or roots?
How often the leaves are naturally renewed on the plants? Which is the average life-cycle of the leaves (timing), as we understand that plants can live for more than 100 years…
In case leaves fade away and get dried, or are cut (and used for instance as mulch) how is the behavior of those contaminants and heavy metal on these decayed leaves (where they have been fixed and bio-accumulated)? Are they transferred to the soil?
Could you please advise me about published papers or researchs in this regard?
Additionally, do you have any recommendation to make me in relation to bio-accumulation of contaminants and heavy metals on leaves and roots of Vetiver plants?
Many thanks in advance and we look forward to meet you in Argentina soon! You´re cordially invited to Salta, in the North-West of the country.
Best regards,
D. Arias