Section 1: Phytoremediation Using Soil Microorganisms
1 Microbial Inoculants Assisted Phytoremediation for Sustainable Soil Management
Elizabeth Temitope Alori and Oluyemisi Bolajoko Fawole
2 Phytoremediation of Salt-Impacted Soils and Use of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) to Enhance Phytoremediation
Karen E. Gerhardt, Gregory J. MacNeill, Perry D. Gerwing, and Bruce M. Greenberg
3 Successful Integrated Bioremediation System of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soil at a Former Oil Refinery Using Autochthonous Bacteria and Rhizo-Microbiota
Valentina Spada, Pietro Iavazzo, Rosaria Sciarilllo, and Carmine Guarino
4 Phytoremediation of Petroleum Contaminated Soil in Association with Soil Bacteria
Prayad Pokethitiyook
Section 2: Higher Plants in Biomonitoring and Environmental Bioremediation
5 The Use of Higher Plants in Biomonitoring and Environmental Bioremediation. Possibilities of Woody Plants Use in Biomonitoring and Bioremediation
Svetlana Vladimirovna Gorelova, Marina Vladimirovna Frontasyeva, and Elena Mikhailovna Volkova
6 Phytoremediation Applications for Metal Contaminated Soils Using Terrestrial Plants in Vietnam
Bui Thi Kim Anh, Ngyuen Thi Hoang Ha, Luu Thai Danh, Vo Van Minh, and Dang Dinh Kim
7 Essential Elements and Toxic Metals in Some Crops, Medicinal Plants and Trees
Elena Masarovičová and Katarina Kráľová
Section 3: Phytoremediation of Aquatic Ecosystems
8 Phytoremidiaion Using Aquatic Macrophytes
Amtul Bari Tabinda Akhtar, Abdullah Yasar, Rabia Ali, and Rabia Irfan
9 Remediation of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in Constructed Wetlands–Applicability and New Perspectives
Ana Rita Ferreira, Alexandra Ribeiro, and Nazaré Couto
10 Floating Wetlands for the Improvement of Water Quality and Provision of Ecosystem Services in Urban Eutrophic Lakes
Eugenia J. Olguín and Gloria Sánchez-Galván
11 Green Aquaculture: Designing and Developing Aquaculture Systems Integrated with Phytoremediation Treatment Options
Guy R. Lanza, Keith M. Wilda, Sushera Bunluesin, and Thanawan Panich-Pat
Section 4: Special Applications of Phytoremediation
12 Modeling the Phytoremediation: Concepts, Models and Approaches
Edita Baltrėnaitė, Pranas Baltrėnas, and Arvydas Lietuvninkas
13 Genetic Control of Metal Sequestration in Hyperaccumulator Plants
Shahida Shaheen, Qaisar Mahmood, Mahnoor Asif, and Rafiq Ahmad
14 Engineered Nanomaterials for Phytoremediation of Metal/Metalloids Contaminated Soils: Implications for Plant Physiology
Domingo Martínez-Fernández, Martina Vítková, Zuzana Michálková, and Michael Komárek
15 Phytoremediation Application: Plants as Biosorbent for Metal Removal in Soil and Water
Rasha H. Mahmoud and Amal Hassanein Mohammed Hamza
16 Nutrient Management Strategies for Coping with Climate Change in Irrigated Smallholder Cropping Systems in Southern Africa
Davie M. Kadyampakeni, Isaac R. Fandika, and Lawrent L. M. Pungulani
17 Phytoremediation of Landfill Leachates
S. M. P. R. Kumarathilaka, Hasintha Wijesekara, Nanthi S. Bolan, Anitha Kunhikrishnan, and Meththika Vithanage
18 Phytomining of Rare and Valuable Metals
Luís A. B. Novo, Paula M. L. Castro, Paula Alvarenga, and Eduardo Ferreira da Silva
19 Air Phytoremediation
Stanislaw W. Gawronski and Helena Gawronska
Dr. Abid A Ansari, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Department of Biology
University of Tabuk
Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Sarvajeet Singh Gill, M.Sc. (Gold medal), M.Phil., Ph.D.
Dr. Ritu Gill, Ph.D.
Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Lab
Centre for Biotechnology
Maharshi Dayanand University
Rohtak, Haryana, India
Dr. Guy R. Lanza, Ph.D.
College of Environmental Science and Forestry
State University of New York (SUNY)
Syracuse, NY
Dr. Lee Newman, Ph.D.
College of Environmental Science and Forestry
State University of New York (SUNY)
Syracuse, NY
This text details the plant-assisted remediation method, “phytoremediation”, which involves the interaction of plant roots and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of soil contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents, radionuclides, explosives, crude oil, organic compounds and various other contaminants. Many chapters highlight and compare the efficiency and economic advantages of phytoremediation to currently practiced soil and water treatment practices.
Volume 5 of Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants provides the capstone of the series. Taken together, the five volumes provide a broad–based global synopsis of the current applications of phytoremediation using plants and the microbial communities associated with their roots to decontaminate terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.