<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><article><front><Journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type='publisher'>CWE/1238/2018</journal-id><journal-title >Current World Environment</journal-title><issn pub-type='PPub'>0973-4929</issn><issn pub-type='ePub'>2320-8031</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Enviro Research Publishers</publisher-name></publisher></Journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type='other'>CWE--57-00</article-id><title-group><article-title>Preliminary Assessment of Mixed Plants for Phytoremediation of Chromium Contaminated Soil</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id='aff001'><sup>1</sup><instname>Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS)</instname>,<deptname>Department of Environmental Engineering</deptname>, <instcity>Surabaya</instcity>, <instcountry>Indonesia</instcountry>.</aff><pub-date pub-type='ppub'><publicationDate></publicationDate></pub-date><doi>10.12944/CWE.13.Special-Issue1.04</doi><volume>Volume 13</volume><issue>Volume 13</issue><page>22-24</page><abstract><title>Abstract</title><p>This study determined the ability of mixed plants of &lt;em&gt;Helianthus annus&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Zinnia elegans&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;Impatiens balsamine&lt;/em&gt; to remove chromium (Cr) from soil. This research used respirometer to measure the respiration rate of microorganisms in soil media and Atomic Absorption Spectophotometry to measure Cr content on soil and plants. The results of the study showed that the plants were able to remove Cr from the soil as much as 74%. However, the removal enhanced by microbial activity on the rootzone.</p></abstract><kwd-group><title>Keywords</title><kwd>Chromium removal</kwd><kwd> Contaminated soil</kwd><kwd> Mixed plants</kwd></kwd-group><counts><ref-count count='' /><page-count count='' /></counts></article-meta></front></article>