Plant Metal Interaction: Emerging Remediation Techniques - Hardcover

Parvaiz Ahmad

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0128031581 ISBN 13: 9780128031582

Publisher: Elsevier, 2015

Synopsis

Plant Metal Interaction: Emerging Remediation Techniques covers different heavy metals and their effect on soils and plants, along with the remediation techniques currently available.

As cultivable land is declining day-by-day as a result of increased metals in our soil and water, there is an urgent need to remediate these effects. This multi-contributed book is divided into four sections covering the whole of plant metal interactions, including heavy metals, approaches to alleviate heavy metal stress, microbial approaches to remove heavy metals, and phytoremediation.

• Provides an overview of the effect of different heavy metals on growth, biochemical reactions, and physiology of various plants
• Serves as a reference guide for available techniques, challenges, and possible solutions in heavy metal remediation
• Covers sustainable technologies in uptake and removal of heavy metals

About this title

Review:

Covers all of the major heavy metals and their effect on soil and plants, as well as the remediation techniques currently available to help remove them.

About the Author:

Dr. Parvaiz Ahmad is the Senior Assistant Professor in Department of Botany at Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He completed his postgraduate education in Botany in 2000 at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. After receiving a Doctorate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, India, he joined the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, in 2007. His main research area is Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology. He has published more than 35 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and 29 book chapters. He is a recipient of the Junior Research Fellowship and Senior Research Fellowship by CSIR, New Delhi, India. Dr. Parvaiz has been awarded the Young Scientist Award under the Fast Track scheme in 2007 by the Department of Science and Technology, of the Government of India. Dr. Parvaiz is actively engaged in studying the molecular and physio-biochemical responses of different agricultural and horticultural plants under environmental stress.

About this edition

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0128031581
• ISBN 13: 9780128031582
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 652