Patent ID: 8222187

Claim:
Method for phytoremediation of a site polluted by atrazine, which method comprising: at least one step comprising cultivating, on said polluted site, at least one phytoremediation plant, wherein said step of cultivating is performed in the presence of at least one water-soluble exogenous monosaccharide or disaccharide absorbable by said plant or a substance containing said monosaccharide or disaccharide wherein said monosaccharide or a disaccharide enhances the uptake or absorption of atrazine by said plant wherein the plant is resistant to the effects of greater concentrations of the atrazine relative to the same species of plant that was not cultivated in the presence of said monosaccharide or disaccharide, and wherein the monosaccharide or the disaccharide does not prevent the production of superoxide ion and does not block the action of atrazine in the plant; and a subsequent step comprising collecting or destroying said plant that has absorbed said atrazine.