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Recent Advances Towards Improved Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Pollution

Publisher:Bentham Science
By: David W.M Leung  
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|Nov 2013
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Heavy metal pollution represents a global challenge to both public health and environmental sustainability.Any means to reduce heavy metal pollution in the environment is of considerable economic significance. The use of green plants to clean up heavy metal pollution is an environmentally friendly as well as a low-cost approach to the problem. This plant-based biotechnology is commonly known as ‘phytoremediation’. Presentlythere is limited application of this technology because useful plants with enhanced heavy metal resistance/tolerance are still needed to assist remediation of environments polluted with heavy metals. A key to improved phytoremediation of heavy metal pollution lies in research seeking for a better understanding of the mechanism(s) of heavy metal resistance/tolerance in plants. This E-book presents a unique treatment of the topics that have never been comprehensively brought together before in a single advanced reference. The volume explores aspects of plant biology that are critical for employing phytoremedation techniques to combat heavy metal contamination such as the specific plant biologyseed biologyplant tissue culture and enzymology. This E-book will be a useful reference to plant biologistsbiotechnologists and environmental engineers seeking information about phytoremediation of heavy metals from the environment.
PDF ISBN: 978-1-60805-787-0
Publisher: Bentham Science
Copyright owner: © 2013 Bentham Science Publishers
Publication date: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 151
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