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Phytoremediation: an overview of metallic ion decontamination from soil.

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Title Phytoremediation: an overview of metallic ion decontamination from soil.
 
Creator Singh, O V
Labana, S
Pandey, Gunjan
Budhiraja, R
Jain, R K
 
Subject QR Microbiology
 
Description In recent years, phytoremediation has emerged as a promising ecoremediation technology, particularly for soil and water cleanup of large volumes of contaminated sites. The exploitation of plants to remediate soils contaminated with trace elements could provide a cheap and sustainable technology for bioremediation. Many modern tools and analytical devices have provided insight into the selection and optimization of the remediation process by plant species. This review describes certain factors for the phytoremediation of metal ion decontamination and various aspects of plant metabolism during metallic decontamination. Metal-hyperaccumulating plants, desirable for heavily polluted environments, can be developed by the introduction of novel traits into high biomass plants in a transgenic approach, which is a promising strategy for the development of effective phytoremediation technology. The genetic manipulation of a phytoremediator plant needs a number of optimization processes, including mobilization of trace elements/metal ions, their uptake into the root, stem and other viable parts of the plant and their detoxification and allocation within the plant. This upcoming science is expanding as technology continues to offer new, low-cost remediation options.
 
Publisher Springer Science
 
Date 2003-06
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://crdd.osdd.net/open/244/1/jain2003.pdf
Singh, O V and Labana, S and Pandey, Gunjan and Budhiraja, R and Jain, R K (2003) Phytoremediation: an overview of metallic ion decontamination from soil. Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 61 (5-6). pp. 405-12. ISSN 0175-7598
 
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