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Phytoremediation: Management of environmental contaminants, volume 1

  • Abid A. Ansari
  • , Sarvajeet Singh Gill
  • , Ritu Gill
  • , Guy R. Lanza
  • , Lee Newman
  • University of Tabuk
  • MD University Rohtak
  • SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

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Abstract

This text details the plant-assisted remediation method, phytoremediation, which involves the interaction of plant roots and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of soil and water contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents, radionuclides, explosives, nutrients, crude oil, organic compounds and various other contaminants. Each chapter highlights and compares the beneficial and economical alternatives of phytoremediation to currently practiced soil and water removal and burial practices. This book covers state of the art approaches in Phytoremediation written by leading and eminent scientists from around the globe. Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 1 supplies its readers with a multidisciplinary understanding in the principal and practical approaches of phytoremediation from laboratory research to field application.

Original languageEnglish
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Number of pages348
ISBN (Electronic)9783319103952
ISBN (Print)9783319103945
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2015

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