Overview
- A valuable source of information for scientists in the field of environmental pollution and remediation
- Describes the latest biotechnological methods for the treatment of contaminated soils
- Includes case studies and protocols ?
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Soil Biology (SOILBIOL, volume 35)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Phytoremediation is an emerging technology that employs higher plants for the clean-up of contaminated environments. Basic and applied research have unequivocally demonstrated that selected plant species possess the genetic potential to accumulate, degrade, metabolize and immobilize a wide range of contaminants.
The main focus of this volume is on the recent advances of technologies using green plants for remediation of various metals and metalloids. Topics include biomonitoring of heavy metal pollution, amendments of higher uptake of toxic metals, transport of heavy metals in plants, and toxicity mechanisms. Further chapters discuss agro-technological methods for minimizing pollution while improving soil quality, transgenic approaches to heavy metal remediation and present protocols for metal remediation via in vitro root cultures.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plant-Based Remediation Processes
Editors: Dharmendra Kumar Gupta
Series Title: Soil Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35564-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-35563-9Published: 22 March 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44265-0Published: 12 April 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-35564-6Published: 12 March 2013
Series ISSN: 1613-3382
Series E-ISSN: 2196-4831
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 299
Topics: Plant Physiology, Soil Science & Conservation, Terrestrial Pollution, Agriculture, Plant Biochemistry