Phytoremediation: Methods and Reviews presents the most innovative
recent methodological developments in phytoremediation research, and
outlines a variety of the contexts in which phytoremediation has begun
to be applied. A significant portion of this volume is devoted to
groundbreaking methods for the production of plants that are able to
degrade, take up, or tolerate the effects of pollutants.
Phytoremediation: Methods and Reviews adopts a multidisciplinary
approach to the examination of principles and practices of
phytoremediation, from molecular manipulation to field application.
Parts I and II discuss detailed protocols for achieving several
different goals of phytoremediation, including enhancing contaminant
degradation, uptake, and tolerance by plants; exploiting plant diversity
for phytoremedation; modifying contaminant availability; and
experimentally analyzing phytoremediation potential. Parts III and IV
examine a variety of progressive techniques for phytoremediation and
explore their implementation and success on a global scale. This
cutting-edge volume highlights the myriad of contexts in which
phytoremediation can be applied, and energizes new research by
describing ways in which barriers to success have been recently
overcome.