Phytoremediation: a promising approach for revegetation of heavy metal-polluted land

A Yan, Y Wang, SN Tan, ML Mohd Yusof… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Heavy metal accumulation in soil has been rapidly increased due to various natural
processes and anthropogenic (industrial) activities. As heavy metals are non-biodegradable …

Effect of metals or trace elements on wheat growth and its remediation in contaminated soil

I Hussain, S Afzal, MA Ashraf, R Rasheed… - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2023 - Springer
Among numerous soil problems, metals or trace elements (TEs) accumulation is one of the
significant agronomic tasks which have extremely threatened food safety. Due to these, soil …

Phytoremediation

E Pilon-Smits - Annu. Rev. Plant Biol., 2005 - annualreviews.org
Phytoremediation the use of plants and their associated microbes for environmental
cleanup, the use of plants and their associated microbes for environmental cleanup, has …

Phytoremediation: a novel strategy for the removal of toxic metals from the environment using plants

DE Salt, M Blaylock, NPBA Kumar, V Dushenkov… - Bio/technology, 1995 - nature.com
Toxic metal pollution of waters and soils is a major environmental problem, and most
conventional remediation approaches do not provide acceptable solutions. The use of …

Selenium in higher plants

N Terry, AM Zayed, MP De Souza… - Annual review of plant …, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Plants vary considerably in their physiological response to selenium (Se). Some
plant species growing on seleniferous soils are Se tolerant and accumulate very high …

Phytoremediation of metals: using plants to remove pollutants from the environment

I Raskin, RD Smith, DE Salt - Current opinion in biotechnology, 1997 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation uses plants to remove pollutants from the environment. The use of metal-
accumulating plants to clean soil and water contaminated with toxic metals is the most …

Phytoextraction: a cost-effective plant-based technology for the removal of metals from the environment

C Garbisu, I Alkorta - Bioresource technology, 2001 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation is an emerging technology that uses plants to clean up pollutants (metals
and organics) from the environment. Within this field of phytoremediation, the utilization of …

Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils: phytoremediation as a potentially promising clean-up technology

APGC Marques, AOSS Rangel… - Critical Reviews in …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Increased soil pollution with heavy metals due to various human and natural activities has
led to a growing need to address environmental contamination. Some remediation …

Mechanisms of cadmium mobility and accumulation in Indian mustard

DE Salt, RC Prince, IJ Pickering, I Raskin - Plant physiology, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.), a high biomass crop plant, accumulated substantial
amounts of cadmium, with bioaccumulation coefficients (concentration of Cd in dry plant …

Selenium metabolism in plants

PJ White - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Selenium (Se) is not an essential element for plants, although it can
benefit their growth and survival in some envionments. Excess tissue Se concentrations are …