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Soil Heavy Metals

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Editors:
  1. Irena Sherameti

    1. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Allgemeine Botanik und Pflanzenphysiologie, Jena, Germany

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  2. Ajit Varma

    1. Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University
      Amity Science, Technology & Innovation Foundation, Noida, India

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Part of the book series: Soil Biology (SOILBIOL, volume 19)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-16
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  2. Soil: The Living Matrix

    • Helwig Hohl, Ajit Varma
    Pages 1-18

  3. Definition of “Heavy Metals” and Their Role in Biological Systems

    • Klaus-J. Appenroth
    Pages 19-29

  4. Soil Microbial Diversity in Relation to Heavy Metals

    • Shwet Kamal, Ram Prasad, Ajit Varma
    Pages 31-63

  5. Uptake and Effect of Heavy Metals on the Plant Detoxification Cascade in the Presence and Absence of Organic Pollutants

    • Lyudmila Lyubenova, Peter Schröder
    Pages 65-85

  6. Arbuscular Mycorrhiza, Heavy Metal,and Salt Tolerance

    • Hermann Bothe, Marjana Regvar, Katarzyna Turnau
    Pages 87-111

  7. Quantitative Analyses of Trace Elements in Environmental Samples: Options and (Im)possibilities

    • Katarina Vogel-Mikuš, Peter Kump, Marijan Nečemer, Primož Pelicon, Iztok Arčon, Paula Pongrac et al.
    Pages 113-138

  8. At the Crossroads of Metal Hyperaccumulation and Glucosinolates: Is There Anything Out There?

    • Paula Pongrac, Roser Tolrà, Katarina Vogel-Mikuš, Charlotte Poschenrieder, Juan Barceló, Marjana Regvar
    Pages 139-161

  9. Plants Under Heavy Metal Stress in Saline Environments

    • Valentina Kholodova, Kirill Volkov, Vladimir Kuznetsov
    Pages 163-183

  10. Utilizing Microbial Community Structure and Function to Evaluate the Health of Heavy Metal Polluted Soils

    • M. Belén Hinojosa, Roberto García-Ruiz, José A. Carreira
    Pages 185-224

  11. Streptomycete Heavy Metal Resistance: Extracellular and Intracellular Mechanisms

    • Erika Kothe, Christian Dimkpa, Götz Haferburg, André Schmidt, Astrid Schmidt, Eileen Schütze
    Pages 225-235

  12. Effects of Heavy Metals on Soil Enzyme Activities

    • Ayten Karaca, Sema Camci Cetin, Oguz Can Turgay, Ridvan Kizilkaya
    Pages 237-262

  13. Effect of Heavy Metals on Saprotrophic Soil Fungi

    • Petr Baldrian
    Pages 263-279

  14. Copper-Containing Oxidases: Occurrence in Soil Microorganisms, Properties, and Applications

    • Harald Claus
    Pages 281-313

  15. Biomethylation of Heavy Metals in Soil and Terrestrial Invertebrates

    • Burkhard Knopf, Helmut König
    Pages 315-328

  16. Phytostabilization of Lead-Polluted Sites by Native Plants

    • Andrea Zanuzzi, Angel Faz Cano
    Pages 329-337

  17. Impact of Heavy Metals on Sugarcane

    • D. V. Yadav, Radha Jain, R. K. Rai
    Pages 339-367

  18. Effects of Earthworms on the Availability and Removal of Heavy Metals in Soil

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

  19. Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils

    • T. J. Purakayastha, P. K. Chhonkar
    Pages 389-429

  20. Remediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Tropical Land

    • Preeti Saxena, Neelam Misra
    Pages 431-477
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Human activities have dramatically changed the composition and organisation of soils. Industrial and urban wastes, agricultural application and also mining activities resulted in an increased concentration of heavy metals in soils. How plants and soil microorganisms cope with this situation and the sophisticated techniques developed for survival in contaminated soils is discussed in this volume.

The topics presented include: the general role of heavy metals in biological soil systems; the relation of inorganic and organic pollutions; heavy metal, salt tolerance and combined effects with salinity; effects on abuscular mycorrhizal and on saprophytic soil fungi; heavy metal resistance by streptomycetes; trace element determination of environmental samples; the use of microbiological communities as indicators; phytostabilization of lead polluted sites by native plants; effects of soil earthworms on removal of heavy metals and the remediation of heavy metal contaminated tropical land.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Allgemeine Botanik und Pflanzenphysiologie, Jena, Germany

    Irena Sherameti

  • Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University

    Ajit Varma

  • Amity Science, Technology & Innovation Foundation, Noida, India

    Ajit Varma

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