Plant-based Remediation Processes (soil Biology)
by Dharmendra Kumar Gupta /
2013 / English / PDF
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Phytoremediation is an emerging technology that employs higher
plants for the clean-up of contaminated environments. Basic and
applied research have unequivocally demonstrated that selected
plant species possess the genetic potential to accumulate, degrade,
metabolize and immobilize a wide range of contaminants. The main
focus of this volume is on the recent advances of technologies
using green plants for remediation of various metals and
metalloids. Topics include biomonitoring of heavy metal pollution,
amendments of higher uptake of toxic metals, transport of heavy
metals in plants, and toxicity mechanisms. Further chapters discuss
agro-technological methods for minimizing pollution while improving
soil quality, transgenic approaches to heavy metal remediation and
present protocols for metal remediation via in vitro root cultures.
Phytoremediation is an emerging technology that employs higher
plants for the clean-up of contaminated environments. Basic and
applied research have unequivocally demonstrated that selected
plant species possess the genetic potential to accumulate, degrade,
metabolize and immobilize a wide range of contaminants. The main
focus of this volume is on the recent advances of technologies
using green plants for remediation of various metals and
metalloids. Topics include biomonitoring of heavy metal pollution,
amendments of higher uptake of toxic metals, transport of heavy
metals in plants, and toxicity mechanisms. Further chapters discuss
agro-technological methods for minimizing pollution while improving
soil quality, transgenic approaches to heavy metal remediation and
present protocols for metal remediation via in vitro root cultures.
