Background, aim, and scope The use of plants and associated microorganisms to remove,
contain, inactivate, or degrade harmful environmental contaminants (generally termed …

Since the emergence of phytoremediation, much research has focused on its development
for (i) the removal of metals from soil and/or (ii) the reduction of metal bioavailability, mobility …

This paper reviews progress in phytoextraction of soil elements and illustrates the key role of
hyperaccumulator plant species in useful phytoextraction technologies. Much research has …

Purpose Many agricultural and brownfield soils are polluted and more have become
marginalised due to the introduction of new, risk-based legislation. The European …

Free of human interference the soil trace element content is largely dependent on that of the
soil parent material and acting weathering processes. An increasingly industrialised society …

Phytoremediation is an in situ, cost-effective potential strategy for cleanup of sites
contaminated with trace metals. Selection of plant materials is an important factor for …

Many heavy metals exist in minute amounts in natural agricultural soil. However, when their
amounts exceed a certain level due to pollutants brought from outside, soil contamination …

For phytoextraction to be successful and viable in environmental remediation, strategies that
can optimize plant uptake must be identified. Thlaspi caerulescens is an important …

Field trials were undertaken to investigate the effect of the application of metal mobilizing
agents, different sowing strategies and length of growing season on the extraction of Cd and …

Cadmium (Cd) has been identified as one of the major heavy metals reaching the food chain
through various geogenic and anthropogenic activities. In many East and South Asian …