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Air Pollution and Plant Biotechnology

Prospects for Phytomonitoring and Phytoremediation

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Editors:
  1. Kenji Omasa

    1. The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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  2. Hiharu Saji

    1. Molecular Ecotoxicology Section Environmental Biology Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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  3. Shohab Youssefian

    1. Akita Prefectural University, Ohgata-mura, Akita, Japan

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  4. Noriaki Kondo

    1. The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages III-XXII
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  2. Plant Responses and Phytomonitoring

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Responses of Whole Plants to Air Pollutants

      • Isamu Nouchi
      Pages 3-39

    3. Plants as Bioindicators of Air Pollutants

      • Isamu Nouchi
      Pages 41-60

    4. Phytomonitoring for Urban Environmental Management

      • Margaret Burchett, Rachid Mousine, Jane Tarran
      Pages 61-91

    5. Effects of Air Pollutants on Lipid Metabolism in Plants

      • Takeshi Sakaki
      Pages 93-109

    6. Effects of Ethylene on Plant Responses to Air Pollutants

      • Nobuyoshi Nakajima
      Pages 111-119

    7. Effects of Air Pollutants on Gene Expression in Plants

      • Akihiro Kubo
      Pages 121-139

    8. Biotechnology for Phytomonitoring

      • Hikaru Saji
      Pages 141-151

  3. Resistant Plants and Phytoremediation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Absorption of Organic and Inorganic Air Pollutants by Plants

      • Kenji Omasa, Kazuo Tobe, Takayuki Kondo
      Pages 155-178

    3. Uptake, Metabolism, and Detoxification of Sulfur Dioxide

      • Noriaki Kondo
      Pages 179-199

    4. Elevated Levels of Hydrogen Sulfide in the Plant Environment: Nutrient or Toxin

      • Luit J. De Kok, C. Elisabeth E. Stuiver, Sue Westerman, Ineke Stulen
      Pages 201-219

    5. Metabolism and Detoxification of Nitrogen Dioxide and Ammonia in Plants

      • Tadakatsu Yoneyama, Hak Y. Kim, Hiromichi Morikawa, Hari S. Srivastava
      Pages 221-234

    6. Plant Resistance to Ozone: the Role of Ascorbate

      • Jeremy Barnes, Youbin Zheng, Tom Lyons
      Pages 235-252

    7. Detoxification of Active Oxygen Species and Tolerance in Plants Exposed to Air Pollutants and CO2

      • Shigeto Morita, Kunisuke Tanaka
      Pages 253-267

    8. Countermeasures with Fertilization to Reduce Oxidant-Induced Injury to Plants

      • Haruko Kuno, Kazushi Arai
      Pages 269-284

  4. Image Diagnosis of Plant Response and Gas Exchange

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 285-285
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    2. Image Instrumentation of Chlorophyll a Fluorescence for Diagnosing Photosynthetic Injury

      • Kenji Omasa, Kotaro Takayama
      Pages 287-308

    3. Field-Portable Imaging System for Measurement of Chlorophyll Fluorescence Quenching

      • Barry Osmond, Yong-Mok Park
      Pages 309-319
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About this book

Air pollution is ubiquitous in industrialized societies, causing a host of environmental problems. It is thus essential to monitor and reduce pollution levels. A number of plant species already are being exploited as detectors (for phytomonitoring) and as scavengers (for phytoremediation) of air pollutants. With advances in biotechnology, it is now feasible to modify plants for a wider range of phytomonitoring and phytoremediation applications. Air Pollution and Plant Biotechnology presents recent results in this field, including plant responses during phytomonitoring, pollution-resistant plant species, imaging diagnosis of plant responses, and the use of novel transgenic plants, along with reviews of basic plant physiology and biochemistry where appropriate. Researchers and students working in plant biotechnology and the environmental sciences or considering new areas of investigation will find this volume a valuable reference.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Kenji Omasa, Noriaki Kondo

  • Molecular Ecotoxicology Section Environmental Biology Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Hiharu Saji

  • Akita Prefectural University, Ohgata-mura, Akita, Japan

    Shohab Youssefian

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Air Pollution and Plant Biotechnology

  • Book Subtitle: Prospects for Phytomonitoring and Phytoremediation

  • Editors: Kenji Omasa, Hiharu Saji, Shohab Youssefian, Noriaki Kondo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68388-9

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Tokyo 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-70216-0Published: 01 March 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-68390-2Published: 16 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-68388-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 455

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Biotechnology, Agriculture, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution

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