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Heavy Metal Stress in Plants

From Biomolecules to Ecosystems

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  • This revised and updated edition of Heavy Metal Stress in Plants presents the most recent research results, from the molecular to the ecosystems level, regarding the influence of environmental stress on plant life

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Heavy Metal Induced Oxidative Damage in Terrestrial Plants

    • B. P. Shaw, S. K. Sahu, R. K. Mishra
    Pages 84-126
  3. Membrane Lipid Alterations in Heavy Metal Exposed Plants

    • S. Rama Devi, M. N. V. Prasad
    Pages 127-145
  4. Photosynthesis in Heavy Metal Stressed Plants

    • B. Myśliwa-Kurdziel, M. N. V. Prasad, K. Strzałtka
    Pages 146-181
  5. Structural and Ultrastructural Changes in Heavy Metal Exposed Plants

    • J. Barceló, Ch. Poschenrieder
    Pages 223-248
  6. Water Relations in Heavy Metal Stressed Plants

    • Ch. Poschenrieder, J. Barceló
    Pages 249-270
  7. Heavy Metals as Essential Nutrients

    • Zdenko Rengel
    Pages 271-294
  8. Metal Pollution and Forest Decline

    • A. Hüttermann, I. Arduini, D. L. Godbold
    Pages 295-312
  9. Root and Rhizosphere Processes in Metal Hyperaccumulation and Phytoremediation Technology

    • Walter W. Wenzel, Enzo Lombi, Domy C. Adriano
    Pages 313-344
  10. Species-Selective Analysis for Metals and Metalloids in Plants

    • Dirk Schaumlöffel, Joanna Szpunar, Ryszard Łobiński
    Pages 409-433
  11. Experimental Characterisation of Metal Tolerance

    • Karin I. Köhl, Rainer Lösch
    Pages 434-454
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 455-462

About this book

Heavy metal phytotoxicity has been known for more than a century. Therefore, it is astonishing that interest in the effects of heavy metals on organisms has been aroused only recently. Research in the past years, however, has confirmed the immense damage by metal pollution to plants, the soil and ultimately to humans.

This completely updated and enlarged second edition gives a state-of-the art review on both field and laboratory work. It deals with the various functional and ecological aspects of heavy metal stress on plants and outlines the scope for future research and the possibilities for remediation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

    M. N. V. Prasad

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Heavy Metal Stress in Plants

  • Book Subtitle: From Biomolecules to Ecosystems

  • Editors: M. N. V. Prasad

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07743-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-40131-5Published: 26 April 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07268-0Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-07743-6Published: 17 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 462

  • Additional Information: Jointly published with Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India

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

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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