Plant-Based Remediation Processes

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ISBN 10: 3642355633 / ISBN 13: 9783642355639

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013

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Zustand: Sehr gut - Buchschnitt verkürzt- gepflegter, sauberer Zustand - Ausgabejahr 2013 | Seiten: 312 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher. Seller Inventory # 23146096/12

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Title: Plant-Based Remediation Processes

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Publication Date: 2013

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Sehr gut

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Synopsis:

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.