Phytoremediation covers the methodological developments in using plants to ameliorate degraded or polluted substrates, as well as reviews their current use. In sections I and II of this book, methods are described for enhancing contaminant degradation, uptake and tolerance by plants, for exploiting plant biodiversity for phytoremediation, for modifying contaminant availability and for experimentally analysing phytoremediation potential. Then, in sections III and IV, a variety of phytoremediation technologies and their use around the world are reviewed.

This book 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 is devoted to groundbreaking methods for the production of plants that are able to degrade, take up, or tolerate the effects of pollutants. The book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to the examination of principles and practices of phytoremediation.