Handbook of Bioremediation: Physiological, Molecular and Biotechnological Interventions

ISBN-13: 9780128193822 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020

Mirza Hasanuzzaman; Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad

Spis treści

1. Concept and types of bioremediation

2. The use of industrial and food crops for the rehabilitation of areas contaminated with metal(loid)s: Physiological and molecular mechanisms of tolerance

3. Mechanistic overview of metal tolerance in edible plants: A physiological and molecular perspective

4. Phytoextraction of heavy metals by weeds: Physiological and molecular intervention

5. Phytomanagement of As-contaminated matrix: Physiological and molecular B asses

6. Metallothionein-assisted phytoremediation of inorganic pollutants

7. Phytochelatins and their relationship with modulation of cadmium tolerance in plants

8. Role of glutathione in enhancing metal hyperaccumulation in plants

9. Thiol-dependent metal hyperaccumulation and tolerance in plants

10. Role of redox system in enhancement of phytoremediation capacity in plants

11. Role of reactive nitrogen species in enhancing metal/metalloid tolerance in plants: A basis of phytoremediation

12. The antioxidant defense system and bioremediation

13. Interplay between selenium and mineral elements to improve plant growth and development

14. Physiological basis of arsenic accumulation in aquatic plants

15. Alteration of plant physiology by the application of biochar for remediation of metals

16. Plant-microbe interaction: Relevance for phytoremediation of heavy metals

17. Molecular and cellular changes of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-plant interaction in cadmium contamination

18. Potential use of efficient resistant plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in biofertilization and phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soil

19. Ecological and physiological features of metal accumulation of halophytic plants on the White Sea coast

20. Role of secondary metabolites in salt and heavy metal stress mitigation by halophytic plants: An overview

21. Genetics of metal hyperaccumulation in plants

22. Gene regulation in halophytes in conferring salt tolerance

23. Recent advances toward exploiting medicinal plants as phytoremediators

24. Can plants be considered as phytoremediators for desalination of saline wastewater: A comprehensive review

25. Genomics in understanding bioremediation of inorganic pollutants

26. Genetic engineering of plants to tolerate toxic metals and metalloids

27. Metal-binding proteins and peptides in bioremediation and phytoremediation of heavy metals

28. Physiological and molecular basis of bioremediation of micropollutants

29. Plant enzymes in metabolism of organic pollutants

30. Alteration of plant physiology by the application of biochar for remediation of organic pollutants

31. Role of reactive nitrogen species in mitigating organic pollutant-induced plant damages

32. Antioxidant defense systems in bioremediation of organic pollutants

33. Role of glutathione in enhancing plant tolerance to organic pollutants

34. Physiological and molecular basis for remediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons

35. Physiological and molecular basis for remediation of pesticides

36. Environmental concerns associated with explosives (HMX, TNT, and RDX), heavy metals and metal(loid)s from shooting range soils: Prevailing issues, leading management practices, and future perspectives

37. Physiological and molecular basis of plants tolerance to linear halogenated hydrocarbons

38. Molecular basis of plant-microbe interaction in remediating organic pollutants

39. Microbial degradation of organic pollutants using indigenous bacterial strains

40. Molecular basis of plant-microbe interaction in remediating pesticides

41. Molecular and cellular changes of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-plant interaction in pesticide contamination

42. Biodegradation of explosives by transgenic plants

43. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): Characteristics, toxicity, phytoremediation, and use of transgenic plants for PCBs degradation

44. Remediation of organic pollutants by Brassica species

45. Bioremediation of organic contaminants based on biowaste composting practices

46. Bioremediation of organic dyes using plants