Phytoremediation Rhizoremediation

by Mackova, Martina; Dowling, David; Macek, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9781402049521
• ISBN10: 1402049528
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-13
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

In recent years a boom can be seen in the literature dealing with phytoremediation. This Volume contains detailed explanation of the basic methods where plants are exploited in environmental remediation. The chapters represent an excellent description of the hottest topics in the field of phyto- and rhizoremediation. The first part of Volume 9 will supply the readers with up-to-date information concerning the necessary theoretical background, both concerning removal of heavy metals from the contaminated environment, and removal, detoxication and even degradation of toxic organic contaminants. Until recently phytoremediation has been discussed mostly in monographs dealing with microbiological remediation methods as a separate chapter, just to illustrate an additional possibility of use of biological systems. This book intends to show especially the importance of cooperation between plant and microorganisms, there is practically no phytoremediation without rhizoremediation. Newest approaches based on methods of molecular biology and genetic engineering are described, as well as plant science achievements. The great advantage of this volume is that the reader will find here in addition to a survey of published data also a lot of original findings, thus supplying an up-to-date review of this quickly developing field of science.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
John Fletcher
The Chemical Ecology of Pollutant Biodegradation: Bioremediation and Phytoremediation from Mechanistic and Ecological Perspectives	5	(18)
Andrew C. Singer
Dendroremediation: The Use of Trees in Cleaning up Polluted Soils	23	(10)
Tamas Komives
Gabor Gullner
Methods for Rhizoremediation Research: Approaches to Experimental Design and Microbial Analysis	33	(24)
Mary Beth Leigh
Constructed Wetlands for Phytoremediation: Rhizofiltration, Phytostabilisation and Phytoextraction	57	(12)
Marinus L. Otte
Donna L. Jacob
Influence of Helophytes on Redox Reactions in their Rhizosphere	69	(14)
A. Wiessner
P. Kuschk
U. Kappelmeyer
O. Bederski
R.A. Muller
M. Kastner
Exploitation of Fast Growing Trees in Metal Remediation	83	(20)
Pavel Tlustos
Daniela Pavlikova
Jirina Szakova
Zuzana Fischerova
Jiri Balik
Using Hyperaccumulator Plants to Phytoextract Soil Cd	103	(12)
Autumn S. Wang
Rufus L. Chaney
J. Scott Angle
Marla S. McIntosh
Enhanced Heavy Metal Phytoextraction	115	(18)
Domen Lestan
Enzymes Transferring Biomolecules to Organic Foreign Compounds: A Role for Glucosyltransferase and Glutathione S-transferase in Phytoremediation	133	(10)
Peter Schroder
Phytoremediation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls	143	(26)
Martina Mackova
Diane Barriault
Katerina Francova
Michel Sylvestre
Monika Moder
Blanka Vrchotova
Petra Lovecka
Jitka Najmanova
Katerina Demnerova
Martina Novakova
Jan Rezek
Tomas Macek
Metabolism and Genetic Engineering Studies for Herbicide Phytoremediation	169	(10)
Melissa P. Mezzari
Jerald L. Schnoor
Pesticides Removal Using Plants: Phytodegradation Versus Phytostimulation	179	(20)
Jean-Paul Schwitzguebel
Joana Meyer
Petra Kidd
Phytoremediation of Volatile Organic Compounds	199	(18)
Joel G. Burken
Xingmao Ma
In vitro Propagation of Wetland Monocots for Phytoremediation	217	(10)
Mihaly Czako
Xianzhong Feng
Yuke He
Sharada Gollapudi
Laszlo Marton
Modifying a Plant's Response to Stress by Decreasing Ethylene Production	227	(10)
Bernard R. Glick
Mycorrhizal Fungi as Helping Agents in Phytoremediation of Degraded and contaminated Soils	237	(22)
Miroslav Vosatka
Jana Rydlova
Radka Sudova
Martin Vohnik
Assessing Risks and Containing or Mitigating Gene Flow of Transgenic and Non-transgenic Phytoremediating Plants	259	(26)
Ton Rotteveel
Hani Al-Ahmad
Jonathan Gressel
Human Exposure Assessment for Food -- One Equation for all Crops is not Enough	285
Stefan Trapp
Ales Kulhanek