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This text details the plant-assisted remediation method,
"phytoremediation", which involves the interaction of plant roots
and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of
soil contaminated with high levels of metals, metalloids, fuel and
oil hydrocarbons, nano particles, pesticides, solvents, organic
compounds and various other contaminants. Many chapters highlight
and compare the efficiency and economic advantages of
phytoremediation and nano-phytoremediation to currently practiced
soil and water treatment practices. Volume 6 of Phytoremediation:
Management of Environmental Contaminants continues the series.
Taken together, the six volumes provide a broad-based global
synopsis of the current applications of phytoremediation using
plants and the microbial communities associated with their roots to
decontaminate terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
This text details the plant-assisted remediation method,
"phytoremediation", which involves the interaction of plant roots
and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of
soil contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents,
radionuclides, explosives, crude oil, organic compounds and various
other contaminants. Many chapters highlight and compare the
efficiency and economic advantages of phytoremediation to currently
practiced soil and water treatment practices. Volume 5 of
Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants provides
the capstone of the series. Taken together, the five volumes
provide a broad-based global synopsis of the current applications
of phytoremediation using plants and the microbial communities
associated with their roots to decontaminate terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems.
This text details the plant-assisted remediation method,
"phytoremediation," which involves the interaction of plant roots
and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of
soil contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents,
radionuclides, explosives, crude oil, organic compounds and various
other contaminants. Each chapter highlights and compares the
beneficial and economical alternatives of phytoremediation to
currently practiced soil removal and burial practices.
This book details the plant-assisted remediation method,
"phytoremediation", which involves the interaction of plant roots
and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of
soil contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents,
radionuclides, explosives, crude oil, organic compounds and various
other contaminants. Each chapter highlights and compares the
beneficial and economical alternatives of phytoremediation to
currently practiced soil removal and burial practices.
This text details the plant-assisted remediation method,
"phytoremediation", which involves the interaction of plant roots
and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of
soil contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents,
radionuclides, explosives, crude oil, organic compounds and various
other contaminants. Many chapters highlight and compare the
efficiency and economic advantages of phytoremediation to currently
practiced soil and water treatment practices. Volume 5 of
Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants provides
the capstone of the series. Taken together, the five volumes
provide a broad-based global synopsis of the current applications
of phytoremediation using plants and the microbial communities
associated with their roots to decontaminate terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems.
This book details the plant-assisted remediation method,
"phytoremediation", which involves the interaction of plant roots
and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of
soil contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents,
radionuclides, explosives, crude oil, organic compounds and various
other contaminants. Each chapter highlights and compares the
beneficial and economical alternatives of phytoremediation to
currently practiced soil removal and burial practices.
This text details the plant-assisted remediation method,
"phytoremediation," which involves the interaction of plant roots
and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of
soil contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents,
radionuclides, explosives, crude oil, organic compounds and various
other contaminants. Each chapter highlights and compares the
beneficial and economical alternatives of phytoremediation to
currently practiced soil removal and burial practices.
This text details the plant-assisted remediation method,
"phytoremediation", which involves the interaction of plant roots
and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of
soil and water contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides,
solvents, radionuclides, explosives, nutrients, crude oil, organic
compounds and various other contaminants. Each chapter highlights
and compares the beneficial and economical alternatives of
phytoremediation to currently practiced soil and water removal and
burial practices. This book covers state of the art approaches in
Phytoremediation written by leading and eminent scientists from
around the globe. Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental
Contaminants, Volume 1 supplies its readers with a
multidisciplinary understanding in the principal and practical
approaches of phytoremediation from laboratory research to field
application.
Plants constantly cope with unfavourable ecosystem conditions,
which often prevent them reaching their full genetic potential in
terms of growth, development and productivity. This book covers
plants' responses to these environmental changes, namely, the
modulation of amino acids, peptides and amines to combat both
biotic and abiotic stress factors. Bringing together the most
recent developments, this book is an important resource for
researchers and students of crop stress and plant physiology.
Biostimulants in Alleviation of Metal Toxicity in Plants: Emerging
Trends and Opportunities focuses on the role of substances or
micro-organisms whose presence can address issues of metal
contamination in soils, seeds and plants. Including a range of
biostimulant tools, the book highlights both endogenous and
exogenous application. Written and edited by a global team of
experts, this book presents an overview on biostimulants in
determining metal toxicity. As plants encounter a wide range of
environmental challenges during their lifecycle, among which metal
toxicity is a common form of abiotic stress, this book thoroughly
covers important topics on the subject matter. Once inside a plant
system, toxic metals may initiate a variety of physiological
alterations in plants, including adversely impacted seed
germination, root and shoot growth, chloroplasts ultrastructure and
photosynthesis, nutrients assimilation, carbohydrates metabolism,
and plant hormonal status which, collectively, results in reduced
plants yields. In addition to several naturally occurring
physiological and metabolic re-programing responses, plants may
also modify their root and shoot systems in order to dilute entered
amount of toxic metals. As an additional tool biostimulants have
emerged as one of the important plant protectors under adverse
conditions.
The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a threat to our health and
economy, but also has strong implications for defence and security.
Indeed, defence leaders have highlighted a second fight surrounding
the spread of COVID-19, namely disinformation and preparing to face
adversaries willing to exploit the public health crisis for
nefarious purposes. The current pandemic is a breeding ground for
the propagation of disinformation, as it represents the first major
global health event in which large social media platforms have
become the main distributor of information. This multi-national
edited volume consists of contributions from Defence Science,
academia and industry, including NATO Headquarters, United States,
Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom and Norway. The content is
aimed at a diverse audience, including NATO members, researchers
from defence and security organizations, academics, and militaries
including analysts and practitioners, as well as policy makers.
This volume focuses on various aspects of COVID-19 disinformation,
including identifying global dominant disinformation narratives and
the methods used to spread disinformation, examining COVID-19
disinformation within the broader context of the cognitive domain,
examining the psychological effects of COVID-19 disinformation and
COVID-19 disinformation on instant messaging platforms, along with
examining various countermeasures to disinformation.
The accumulation of large amounts of contaminants occurs in the
environment due to industrialization and various other
anthropogenic activities. Contaminants ultimately affect human
health worldwide. Organic, inorganic, and radioactive substances
are the prevalent forms of environmental contaminants and their
complete remediation in soils and sediments is rather a difficult
task. Concerns of their toxicities led to the emphasis on
development of effective techniques to assess the presence and
mobility of contaminants in air, water, and soil. Furthermore, the
ever-increasing concentration of toxic pollutants in the
environment is considered a serious threat to plant, animal, human,
and environmental health. Many technologies are in use to clean and
eliminate hazardous contaminants from the environment; however,
these technologies can be costly, labor intensive, and often
distressing to the general public. Phytoremediation is a simple,
cost effective, environmentally friendly and fast-emerging new
technology for eliminating toxic contaminants from different
environments. Phytoremediation refers to the natural ability of
certain plants and their associated microbiome (including
hyper-accumulators or bio-accumulators) to remove, degrade, or
render contaminants harmless. Through this technique, certain
species of plants flourish by accumulating contaminants present in
the environment. The unique and selective uptake capabilities of
plant root and shoot systems, effective translocation,
bioaccumulation, and contaminant degradation capabilities of the
accumulator plants are utilized in phytoremediation techniques.
Phytotechnologies involving the use of plants for contaminant
removal gained importance during the last two decades and
phytoremediation technology became an effective tool for
environmental detoxification because of plants ability to
accumulate the contaminants at very high concentrations.
Phytoremediation strategies can remove, degrade, or stabilize
inorganic and organic contaminants entering a multitude of
ecosystems using green plants and their associated microbial
communities. The development and use of phytotechnologies continues
to move forward at a steady pace. Researchers recognize the
potential of phytoremediation to offer a green, cost effective,
eco-friendly and feasible application to address some of the
world's many environmental challenges. This book provides
significant information to add to the previous volumes published on
the topic and can serve as the foundation for the development of
new applications that feature the integration of modern research
discoveries into new methods to remediate contaminated ecosystems.
Moreover, this volume brings recent and established knowledge on
different aspects of phytoremediation and nano-phytoremediation,
providing this information in a single source that offers a
cutting-edge synthesis of scientific and experiential knowledge on
polluted environments that is useful for policy makers,
practitioners and scientists, and engineers. Phytoremediation:
Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 7 highlights the
various prospects that are involved in current global
phytoremediation research. This book delivers a content-rich source
to the reader and can act as a platform for further research
studies. It should meet the needs of all researchers working in, or
have an interest in this particular field.
The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a threat to our health and
economy, but also has strong implications for defence and security.
Indeed, defence leaders have highlighted a second fight surrounding
the spread of COVID-19, namely disinformation and preparing to face
adversaries willing to exploit the public health crisis for
nefarious purposes. The current pandemic is a breeding ground for
the propagation of disinformation, as it represents the first major
global health event in which large social media platforms have
become the main distributor of information. This multi-national
edited volume consists of contributions from Defence Science,
academia and industry, including NATO Headquarters, United States,
Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom and Norway. The content is
aimed at a diverse audience, including NATO members, researchers
from defence and security organizations, academics, and militaries
including analysts and practitioners, as well as policy makers.
This volume focuses on various aspects of COVID-19 disinformation,
including identifying global dominant disinformation narratives and
the methods used to spread disinformation, examining COVID-19
disinformation within the broader context of the cognitive domain,
examining the psychological effects of COVID-19 disinformation and
COVID-19 disinformation on instant messaging platforms, along with
examining various countermeasures to disinformation.
Plants constantly cope with unfavourable ecosystem conditions,
which often prevent them reaching their full genetic potential in
terms of growth, development and productivity. This book covers
plants' responses to these environmental changes, namely, the
modulation of amino acids, peptides and amines to combat both
biotic and abiotic stress factors. Bringing together the most
recent developments, this book is an important resource for
researchers and students of crop stress and plant physiology.
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