Remediation of urban soils using humic products
A potential to remediate polluted urban soil was evaluated for commercial humic products in two sets of experiments. Four brands of humic products - two from peat and two from coal - have been tested in a field experiment on lawns along the highways of Moscow and in plot trials. It is shown that humic products are capable to mitigate the toxic effects of pollutants and maintain plant resistance to stress. Basing on results of research the effective rates of humic products application for remediation of polluted urban soils are suggested.