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This book 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. Each chapter highlights and compares the beneficial and economical alternatives of phytoremediation to currently practiced soil removal and burial practices.

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CONTENTS

Section 1 - Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminants

1. Phytoremediation of Mining Areas: An Overview of Application in Lead and Zinc Contaminated Soils

Tiziana Lai, Giovanna Cappai, and Alessandra Carucci

2. Phytoextraction of Heavy Metals by Fast-Growing Trees: A Review

Slobodanka Pajevic, Milan Borisev, Nata sa Nikolic, Danijela D. Arsenov, Milan Zupunski, and Sasa Orlovic

3. Biological Approaches for Remediation of Metal-Contaminated Sites

A.P. Pinto, A. de Varennes, M. E. Lopes, and D. Martins Teixeira

4. Biosorption of Heavy Metal from Aqueous Solutions
Prayad Pokethitiyook and Toemthip Poolpak

5. Aquatic Macrophytes for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Coal Mining Effluent

Virendra Kumar Mishra and Reetika Shukla

6. Heavy Metals Accumulation Ability of Wild Grass Species From Industrial Areas of Kazakhstan
Saule Atabayeva

7. Bio-Based Methods for Waste Water Treatment: Green Sorbents
Alaa El Din Mahmoud and Manal Fawzy

8. Metal Hyper-Accumulators: Mechanisms of Hyper-Accumulation and Metal Tolerance

Abdul Razaque Memon

9. Current Technical Perspective and Application of Aquatic Weeds in Phytoremediation

Anand Mohan, S. M. Bhatt, Madhuri Girdhar, Geetanshu Goyal, Abid A. Ansari, and Hasibur Rehman

10. Constructed Wetlands: Role in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals

Syed Shakeel Ahmad, Zafar A. Reshi, Manzoor A. Shah, and Irfan Rashid

11. Phytofiltration of Metal(loid)-Contaminated Water: The Potential of Native Aquatic Plants

Paulo J. C. Favas, JoÆo Pratas, Manoj S. Paul, Santosh Kumar Sarkar, and M.N.V. Prasad
12. Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals Contaminated Soils Through Transgenic Plants

Neerja Srivastava

13. Role of Phytochelatins in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals Contaminated Soils
Neerja Srivastava

14. Role of Biochar in Remediating Heavy Metals in Soil
Amina Hayyat, Maryam Javed, Iqra Rasheed, Shafaqat Ali, Munazzam Jawad Shahid, Muhammad Rizwan, M. Tariq Javed, and Qasim Ali

15. Heavy Metal Uptake and Tolerance Mechanisms of Serpentine Flora: Implications for Phytoremediation

Mihiri Seneviratne, Sumedha Madawala, and Meththika Vithanage

16. Phytoremediation: Uptake and Role of Metal Transporters in Some Members of Brassicaceae

Ritu Chaturvedi, Mayank Varun, and Manoj S. Paul
17. Phytoremediation of Shooting Range Soils

Tharanga Bandara and Meththika Vithanage
Section 2 - Phytoremediation of Metalloid Contaminants

18. Potential Promising Set of Plant-Microbe Interactions for the Revegetation of Open-Pit Mining and Smelting Areas in Brazil
Wesley de Melo Rangel, Jerusa Schneider, Cláudio Roberto Fonsêca Sousa Soares, Rafael Dutra de Armas, Paulo Ademar Avelar Ferreira, Admir José Giachini, José Oswaldo Siqueira, and Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira

19. Phytoremediation of Arsenic-Contaminated Soils Using Arsenic Hyperaccumulating Ferns

Nabeel Khan Niazi, Safdar Bashir, Irshad Bibi, Behzad Murtaza, Muhammad Shahid, Muhammad Tariq Javed, Muhammad Bilal Shakoor, Zulfiqar Ahmad Saqib, Muhammad Farrakh Nawaz, Zubair Aslam, Hailong Wang, and Ghulam Murtaza
20. Phytoremediation of Boron-Contaminated Sites
Consuelo d.P. Rámila, Gonzalo E. Pizarro, and Carlos Alberto Bonilla .

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