Overview

Heavy metal phytotoxicity has been known for more than a century. Therefore, it is astonishing that interest in the effects of heavy metals on organisms has been aroused only recently. Research in the past years, however, has confirmed the immense damage by metal pollution to plants, the soil and ultimately to humans. This completely updated and enlarged second edition gives a state-of-the art review on both field and laboratory work. It deals with the various functional and ecological aspects of heavy metal stress on plants and outlines the scope for future research and the possibilities for remediation.

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Author:   M.N.V. Prasad
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2004
Weight:   1.003kg
ISBN:  

9783642072680

ISBN 10:   3642072682
Pages:   462
Publication Date:   15 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Metal Availability, Uptake, Transport and Accumulation in Plants.- 2. Metal Speciation, Chelation and Complexing Ligands in Plants.- 3. Metallothioneins, Metal Binding Complexes and Metal Sequestration in Plants.- 4. Heavy Metal Induced Oxidative Damage in Terrestrial Plants.- 5. Membrane Lipid Alterations in Heavy Metal Exposed Plants.- 6. Photosynthesis in Heavy Metal Stressed Plants.- 7. Plant Mitochondrial Respiration Under the Influence of Heavy Metals.- 8. Ecophysiology of Plant Growth Under Heavy Metal Stress.- 9. Structural and Ultrastructural Changes in Heavy Metal Exposed Plants.- 10. Water Relations in Heavy Metal Stressed Plants.- 11. Heavy Metals as Essential Nutrients.- 12. Metal Pollution and Forest Decline.- 13. Root and Rhizosphere Processes in Metal Hyperaccumulation and Phytoremediation Technology.- 14. Phytoremediation of Metals and Radionuclides in the Environment: The Case for Natural Hyperaccumulators, Metal Transporters, Soil-Amending Chelators and TransgenicPlants.- 15. Metal Removal from Sewage Sludge: Bioengineering and Biotechnological Applications.- 16. Species-Selective Analysis for Metals and Metalloids in Plants.- 17. Experimental Characterisation of Metal Tolerance.

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