Overview
- Phytoremediation in different geographical contexts
- Explotation of biodiversity for phytoremediation
- Application of phytoremediation technology to inorganic and organic contaminants
- Manipulation of pollutant degradation, uptake, and tolerance by plants
Part of the book series: Methods in Biotechnology (MIBT, volume 23)
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Table of contents (31 protocols)
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Front Matter
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Manipulating Phenotypes and Exploiting Biodiversity
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Manipulating Contaminant Availability and Developing Research Tools
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About this book
Phytoremediation: Methods and Reviews presents the most innovative recent methodological developments in phytoremediation research, and outlines a variety of the contexts in which phytoremediation has begun to be applied. A significant portion of this volume is devoted to groundbreaking methods for the production of plants that are able to degrade, take up, or tolerate the effects of pollutants. Phytoremediation: Methods and Reviews adopts a multidisciplinary approach to the examination of principles and practices of phytoremediation, from molecular manipulation to field application.
Parts I and II discuss detailed protocols for achieving several different goals of phytoremediation, including enhancing contaminant degradation, uptake, and tolerance by plants; exploiting plant diversity for phytoremedation; modifying contaminant availability; and experimentally analyzing phytoremediation potential. Parts III and IV examine a variety of progressive techniques for phytoremediation and explore their implementation and success on a global scale. This cutting-edge volume highlights the myriad of contexts in which phytoremediation can be applied, and energizes new research by describing ways in which barriers to success have been recently overcome.
Reviews
"...an excellent resource for fundamental research on the topic." -Journal of Hazardous Materials
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Phytoremediation
Book Subtitle: Methods and Reviews
Editors: Neil Willey
Series Title: Methods in Biotechnology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-098-0
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Springer Protocols
Copyright Information: Humana Press 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-58829-541-5Published: 19 March 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-631-3Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-59745-098-0Published: 05 February 2008
Series ISSN: 1940-6061
Series E-ISSN: 1940-607X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 478
Number of Illustrations: 67 b/w illustrations
Topics: Noise Control, Biotechnology, Plant Sciences, Environment, general, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary