Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water

Norman Terry, Gary S. Banuelos

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9781566704502
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000359473
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Botany
• Index: Biological Sciences

Phytoremediation is an exciting, new technology that utilizes metal-accumulating plants to rid soil of heavy metal and radionuclides. Hyperaccumulation plants are an appealing and economical alternative to current methods of soil recovery. Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water is the most thorough literary examination of the subject available today. The successful implementation of phytoremediation depends on identifying plant material that is well adapted to specific toxic sites. Gentle remediation is then applied in situ, or at the contamination site. No soil excavation or transport is necessary. This severely contains the potential risk of the pollutants entering the food chain. And it's cost effective. The progress of modern man has created many sites contaminated with heavy metals. The effected land is toxic to plants and animals , which creates considerable public interest in remediation. But the commonly used remedies are ex situ, which poses an expensive dilemma and an even greater threat. Phytoremediation offers the prospect of a cheaper and healthier way to deal with this problem. Read Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water to learn just how far this burgeoning technology has developed.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• Editors
• Contributors
• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1 Field Demonstrations of Phytoremediation of Lead-Contaminated Soils
• Chapter 2 Phytoremediation by Constructed Wetlands
• Chapter 3 Factors Influencing Field Phytoremediation of Selenium-Laden Soils
• Chapter 4 Remediation of Selenium-Polluted Soils and Waters by Phytovolatilization
• Chapter 5 Metal Hyperaccumulator Plants: A Review of the Ecology and Physiology of a Biological Resource for Phytoremediation of Metal-Polluted Soils
• Chapter 6 Potential for Phytoextraction of Zinc and Cadmium from Soils Using Hyperaccumulator Plants
• Chapter 7 Improving Metal Hyperaccumulator Wild Plants to Develop Commercial Phytoextraction Systems: Approaches and Progress
• Chapter 8 Physiology of Zn Hyperaccumulation in Thlaspi caerulescens
• Chapter 9 Metal-Specific Patterns of Tolerance, Uptake, and Transport of Heavy Metals in Hyperaccumulating and Nonhyperaccumulating Metallophytes
• Chapter 10 The Role of Root Exudates in Nickel Hyperaccumulation and Tolerance in Accumulator and Nonaccumulator Species of Thlaspi
• Chapter 11 Engineered Phytoremediation of Mercury Pollution in Soil and Water Using Bacterial Genes
• Chapter 12 Metal Tolerance in Plants: The Role of Phytochelatins and Metallothioneins
• Chapter 13 The Genetics of Metal Tolerance and Accumulation in Higher Plants
• Chapter 14 Ecological Genetics and the Evolution of Trace Element Hyperaccumulation in Plants
• Chapter 15 The Role of Bacteria in the Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals
• Chapter 16 Microphyte-Mediated Selenium Biogeochemistry and Its Role in In Situ Selenium Bioremediation
• Chapter 17 In Situ Gentle Remediation Measures for Heavy Metal-Polluted Soils
• Chapter 18 In Situ Metal Immobilization and Phytostabilization of Contaminated Soils
• Chapter 19 Phytoextraction and Phytostabilization: Technical, Economic, and Regulatory Considerations of the Soil-Lead Issue
• Index