Biomanagement of Metal-Contaminated Soils

Heavy-metal contamination is one of the world's major environmental problems, posing significant risks to agro-ecosystems. However, conventional technologies for metal-contaminated soil remediation have often been expensive and disruptive.   This book provides comprehensive, state-of-the-art co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Khan, Mohammad Saghir (Editor ), Zaidi, Almas (Editor ), Goel, Reeta (Editor ), Musarrat, Javed (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Colección:Environmental Pollution, 20
Temas:
Environmental management.
Industrial microbiology.
Agriculture.
Environmental health.
Sustainability.
Environmental engineering.
Biotechnology.
Bioremediation.
Environmental Management.
Industrial Microbiology.
Environmental Health.
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From the contents: Heavy-Metal Pollution: Source, Impact and Remedies
  • Metal-Plant Interactions: Toxicity and Tolerance.-Bioremediation: New Approaches and Trends
  • Legume-Rhizobium Symbioses as a Tool for Bioremediation of Heavy Metal Polluted Soils
  • Importance of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils
  • Research Advances in Bioremediation of Soils and Groundwater Using Plant-Based Systems: A Case for Enlarging and Updating Information and Knowledge in Environmental Pollution Management in Developing Countries
  • The Bacterial Flora of the Nickel-hyperaccumulator Plant Alyssum bertolonii
  • Use of Biosurfactants in the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Soils.-Mechanism of Metal Tolerance and Detoxification in Mycorrhizal Fungi
  • Metal Signaling in Plants: New Possibilities for Crop Management under Cadmium Contaminated Soils (...)
  • Index.    .

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