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Detoxification of Heavy Metals

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Editors:
  1. Irena Sherameti

    1. , Inst. Allgemeine Botanik u. Pflanzenphys, Universität Jena, Jena, Germany

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  2. Ajit Varma

    1. Amity Institute of Microbial Sciences, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India

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  • Each chapter provides a general review on recent developments and priorities for future research and applications
  • With contributions written by leading international authorities
  • A valuable source of information for scientists in soil ecology, environmental sciences, plant physiology and metal biochemistry
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Soil Biology (SOILBIOL, volume 30)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Detoxification of Heavy Metals: State of Art

    • Jyoti Agrawal, Irena Sherameti, Ajit Varma
    Pages 1-34

  3. Plants in Heavy Metal Soils

    • Hermann Bothe
    Pages 35-57

  4. Functional Significance of Metal Ligands in Hyperaccumulating Plants: What Do We Know?

    • Marjana Regvar, Katarina Vogel-Mikuš
    Pages 59-72

  5. Progress in Phytoremediating Heavy-Metal Contaminated Soils

    • Shao Hongbo, Chu Liye, Xu Gang, Yan Kun, Zhang Lihua, Sun Junna
    Pages 73-90

  6. Plant Taxonomy and Metal Phytoremediation

    • Stanislaw W. Gawronski, Maria Greger, Helena Gawronska
    Pages 91-109

  7. Reclamation of Contaminated Mine Ponds Using Marble Wastes, Organic Amendments, and Phytoremediation

    • Dora M. Carmona, Raúl Zornoza, Ángel Faz, Silvia Martínez-Martínez, Jose A. Acosta
    Pages 111-128

  8. The Role of Membrane Transport in the Detoxification and Accumulation of Zinc in Plants

    • Miki Kawachi, Yoshihiro Kobae, Rie Tomioka, Masayoshi Maeshima
    Pages 129-142

  9. Initial Steps of Copper Detoxification: Outside and Inside of the Plant Cell

    • Valentina P. Kholodova, Elena M. Ivanova, Vladimir V. Kuznetsov
    Pages 143-167

  10. Arsenic Tolerance and Detoxification Mechanisms in Plants

    • Dharmendra K. Gupta, Sudhakar Srivastava, H. G. Huang, Maria C. Romero-Puertas, Luisa M. Sandalio
    Pages 169-179

  11. Cadmium Metal Detoxification and Hyperaccumulators

    • Kavita Shah
    Pages 181-203

  12. Transport, Accumulation, and Physiological Effects of Vanadium

    • Dieter Rehder
    Pages 205-220

  13. Microbial Remediation of Arsenic Contaminated Soil

    • Tapan Jyoti Purakayastha
    Pages 221-260

  14. Fate of Cadmium in Calcareous Soils under Salinity Conditions

    • Ali Khanmirzaei
    Pages 261-272

  15. Organellar Proteomics: A High-Throughput Approach for better Understanding of Heavy Metal Accumulation and Detoxification in Plants

    • Nagib Ahsan, Byung-Hyun Lee, Setsuko Komatsu
    Pages 273-287

  16. Sulfur Metabolism as a Support System for Plant Heavy Metal Tolerance

    • Laura A. Hardulak, Mary L. Preuss, Joseph M. Jez
    Pages 289-301

  17. Cd(II)-Activated Synthesis of Phytochelatins

    • Etsuro Yoshimura
    Pages 303-316

  18. Tolerance, Accumulation, and Detoxification Mechanism of Copper in Elsholtzia splendens

    • Yingxu Chen, Mingge Yu, Dechao Duan
    Pages 317-344

  19. Role of Aquatic Macrophytes in Biogeochemical Cycling of Heavy Metals, Relevance to Soil-Sediment Continuum Detoxification and Ecosystem Health

    • Przemysław Malec, Beata Mysliwa-Kurdziel, M. N. V. Prasad, Andrzej Waloszek, Kazimierz Strzałka
    Pages 345-368

  20. Role of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria and Fungi in Heavy Metal Detoxification

    • Sema Camci Cetin, Ayten Karaca, Ridvan Kizilkaya, Oguz Can Turgay
    Pages 369-388
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About this book

Heavy metals are severe environmental pollutants, and many of them are toxic even at very low concentrations. With industrial development, soil pollution with heavy metal elements have dramatically increased. The uptake of heavy metals via plants that are exposed to contaminated soils is a risk for human health and a major hazard for the ecosystem as a whole, including soil microorganisms. On the other hand, plants may be used in the decontamination of soils.

The topics presented in this book include: sources of heavy metals contaminants in soils; plant species that can grow on contaminated soils; the phytoremediation of contaminated soils; tolerance, accumulation and detoxification mechanisms of zinc, copper, arsenic, cadmium and vanadium in plants; the critical role of sulfur metabolism in heavy metal tolerance; the role of aquatic macrophytes, plant growth-promoting bacteria, sugar crops and earthworms in detoxification; and heavy metal stabilization by promoting zeolite synthesis in soils.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Inst. Allgemeine Botanik u. Pflanzenphys, Universität Jena, Jena, Germany

    Irena Sherameti

  • Amity Institute of Microbial Sciences, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India

    Ajit Varma

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Detoxification of Heavy Metals

  • Editors: Irena Sherameti, Ajit Varma

  • Series Title: Soil Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21408-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-21407-3Published: 02 September 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26946-2Published: 26 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-21408-0Published: 01 September 2011

  • Series ISSN: 1613-3382

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-4831

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVIII, 448

  • Topics: Plant Physiology, Plant Biochemistry, Soil Science & Conservation

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