Phytoremediation

by Willey, Neil

• ISBN13: 9781588295415
• ISBN10: 1588295419
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-01
• Publisher: Humana Pr Inc

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Contributors	p. xiii
Manipulating Phenotypes and Exploiting Biodiversity
Genetic Engineering of Plants for Phytoremediation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls	p. 3
Increasing Plant Tolerance to Metals in the Environment	p. 15
Using Quantitative Trait Loci Analysis to Select Plants for Altered Radionuclide Accumulation	p. 27
Detoxification of Soil Phenolic Pollutants by Plant Secretory Enzyme	p. 49
Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction to Quantify Gene Expression in Plants Exposed to Radioactivity	p. 59
Plant Phylogeny and the Remediation of Persistent Organic Pollutants	p. 71
Producing Mycorrhizal Inoculum for Phytoremediation	p. 89
Implementing Phytoremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons	p. 99
Uptake, Assimilation, and Novel Metabolism of Nitrogen Dioxide in Plants	p. 109
Manipulating Contaminant Availability and Developing Research Tools
Testing the Manipulation of Soil Availability of Metals	p. 121
Testing Amendments for Increasing Soil Availability of Radionuclides	p. 131
Using Electrodics to Aid Mobilization of Lead in Soil	p. 139
Stable Isotope Methods for Estimating the Labile Metal Content of Soils	p. 149
In Vitro Hairy Root Cultures as a Tool for Phytoremediation Research	p. 161
Sectored Planters for Phytoremediation Studies	p. 175
Phytoremediation With Living Aquatic Plants: Development and Modeling of Experimental Observations	p. 185
Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy: Methodology and Potential for Predicting Trace Elements in Plants	p. 205
Current Research Topics in Phytoremediation
Using Hydroponic Bioreactors to Assess Phytoremediation Potential of Perchlorate	p. 221
Using Plant Phylogeny to Predict Detoxification of Triazine Herbicides	p. 233
Exploiting Plant Metabolism for the Phytoremediation of Organic Xenobiotics	p. 251
Searching for Genes Involved in Metal Tolerance, Uptake, and Transport	p. 265
Manipulating Soil Metal Availability Using EDTA and Low-Molecular-Weight Organic Acids	p. 291
Soils Contaminated With Radionuclides: Some Insights for Phytoextraction of Inorganic Contaminants	p. 305
Assessing Plants for Phytoremediation of Arsenic-Contaminated Soils	p. 319
Contexts and Utilization of Phytoremediation
Phytoremediation in China: Inorganics	p. 351
Phytoremediation in China: Organics	p. 381
Phytoremediation of Arsenic-Contaminated Soil in China	p. 393
Phytoremediation in Portugal: Present and Future	p. 405
Phytoremediation in Russia	p. 423
Phytoremediation in India	p. 435
Phytoremediation in New Zealand and Australia	p. 455
Index	p. 469
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