Metals and Metalloids in Soil-Plant-Water Systems: Phytophysiology and Remediation Techniques

ISBN-13: 9780323916752 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Tariq Aftab; Khalid Rehman Hakeem

Spis treści

1. Metal and metalloids speciation, fractionation, bioavailability and transfer toward plants 2. Uptake and translocation of metals/metalloids in plants through soil and water 3. Soil and water pollution with metals/metalloids: Sources, types and interference 4. Antioxidant, photosynthesis and growth characteristics of plants grown with excess of metals/metalloids in soils 5. Assessment of environmental cytotoxicity metal/metalloid pollution impact on plants 6. Molecular investigation of plant-soil-water interactions at functional level 7. Effects of metals/metalloids on the generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in plant tissues 8. Application of biochar and other biostimulants for sustainable remediation of metals and metalloids 9. Remediation of toxic metals/metalloids from soil and water through transgenic plants: A review 10. Application of biosurfactants for improving agricultural soil quality by soil remediation 11. Metal oxidizing microbes and potential application in bioremediation of soil and water 12. Interaction of nanomaterials with plant and soil and their use in remediation technologies 13. Mycoremediation of metal/metalloid-contaminated soil: Biorecovery using fungi/AM fungi 14. Plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB): Application and challenges in bioremediation of metal and metalloid contaminated soils 15. An overview of recent green technologies to remediate metal/metalloid-contaminated soils