Environmental Pollution Impact on Plants - Survival Strategies under Challenging Conditions (Hardcover)

This new volume studies the impact and management of environmental pollution on plants, often resulting in plant abiotic stress physiology, which causes reduction in growth due to alterations in biochemical and physiological processes, thus threatening food security, the ecosystem, and the plants themselves. This volume details the harm to plants caused primarily by heavy metal contamination in soils, by pesticides use, and by air pollution and presents several mitigation strategies as well. Soils contaminated with heavy metals is a major challenge worldwide due to increase in anthropogenic and geologic activities. Despite the effectiveness of pesticides in preventing pest invasions and yield decline, pesticides and other air pollutants cause biochemical changes that can instigate leaf damage, stomatal impairment, early senescence, decrease in photosynthetic efficiency, interruption of membrane perviousness, and decrease of growth and yield in sensitive plant types. Chapters in this volume address these issues. Topics include the antioxidant, photosynthesis, and growth characteristics of plants grown in polluted soils; the benefits and hazards of pesticides; microbe-assisted bioremediation and biotechnological advances for plant pollution control; genetically modified plants and their potential resistance to environmental pollution; and more.

General

Imprint:	Apple Academic Press Inc.
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	May 2023
First published:	2023
Editors:	Tariq Aftab • Khalid Rehman Hakeem
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	276
ISBN-13:	978-1-77491-124-2
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > General Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > General Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Primary industries > Agriculture & related industries Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Biochemistry > Toxicology (non-medical) Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun Promotions
LSN:	1-77491-124-8
Barcode:	9781774911242

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