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Phytoremediation and Biofortification

Two Sides of One Coin

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Editors:
  1. Xuebin Yin

    1. , Se Lab, USTC, Suzhou, China, People's Republic

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  2. Linxi Yuan

    1. Jiangsu Engineering Center for Selenium, Advanced Lab for Selenium and Human Heal, Suzhou Institute of USTC, Suzhou, China, People's Republic

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  • Presents a comprehensive overview of phytoremediation technologies
  • Explains the practical implications for designing phytoremediation strategies and the transgenic approaches to enhance them
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science (BRIEFSMOLECULAR)

Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Green Chemistry for Sustainability (GREENCHEMIST)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Phytoremediation and Biofortification: Two Sides of One Coin

    • Xuebin Yin, Linxi Yuan, Ying Liu, Zhiqing Lin
    Pages 1-6

  3. Selenium in Plants and Soils, and Selenosis in Enshi, China: Implications for Selenium Biofortification

    • Linxi Yuan, Xuebin Yin, Yuanyuan Zhu, Fei Li, Yang Huang, Ying Liu et al.
    Pages 7-31

  4. Phytoremediation of Zinc-Contaminated Soil and Zinc-Biofortification for Human Nutrition

    • Li Zhao, Linxi Yuan, Zhangmin Wang, Tianyu Lei, Xuebin Yin
    Pages 33-57

  5. Biofortification to Struggle Against Iron Deficiency

    • Yang Huang, Linxi Yuan, Xuebin Yin
    Pages 59-74

  6. Phytoremediation of Cadmium and Copper Contaminated Soils

    • Yuanyuan Zhu, De Bi, Linxi Yuan, Xuebin Yin
    Pages 75-81
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Phytoremediation consists of using plants and their associated microbes for environmental cleanup. Over the past 10 years, this treatment has gained recognition as a cost-effective, non-invasive, alternative or complimentary technology to engineering-based remediation methods. Biofortification, on the other hand, is an agricultural process that increases the uptake and accumulation of mineral nutrients in agricultural products through plant breeding, genetic engineering, or manipulation of agricultural practices.

This book shows how, despite having different goals, both phytoremediation and biofortification technologies can be closely connected as they are both based on the phytoextraction process that involves plant uptake, accumulation, and transformation of nutrient elements from soil. More specifically, this brief offers a comprehensive introduction to Phytoremediation and Biofortification of selenium (Se), zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), cadium (Cd) and copper (Cu), and illustrates the emerging integration of these two bio-technologies.

Phytoremediation and Biofortification: Two Sides of One Coin is a valuable resource to students, technicians, and academics who are interested in the treatment of environmental problems (bioremediation) through the use of plants, and in the field of biofortification.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Se Lab, USTC, Suzhou, China, People's Republic

    Xuebin Yin

  • Jiangsu Engineering Center for Selenium, Advanced Lab for Selenium and Human Heal, Suzhou Institute of USTC, Suzhou, China, People's Republic

    Linxi Yuan

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