Phytoremediation: a promising approach for revegetation of heavy metal-polluted land

A Yan, Y Wang, SN Tan, ML Mohd Yusof… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Heavy metal accumulation in soil has been rapidly increased due to various natural
processes and anthropogenic (industrial) activities. As heavy metals are non-biodegradable …

Application of soil amendments to contaminated soils for heavy metal immobilization and improved soil quality—A critical review

CS Lwin, BH Seo, HU Kim, G Owens… - Soil science and plant …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Today, soil metal pollution has become a significant environmental issue of great public
concern. This is because soil is both a major sink for heavy metal (loid) s (HMs) released …

Opinion: Taking phytoremediation from proven technology to accepted practice

KE Gerhardt, PD Gerwing, BM Greenberg - Plant Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation is the use of plants to extract, immobilize, contain and/or degrade
contaminants from soil, water or air. It can be an effective strategy for on site and/or in situ …

Chemical stabilization of metals and arsenic in contaminated soils using oxides–a review

M Komárek, A Vaněk, V Ettler - Environmental Pollution, 2013 - Elsevier
Oxides and their precursors have been extensively studied, either singly or in combination
with other amendments promoting sorption, for in situ stabilization of metals and As in …

Effect of metals or trace elements on wheat growth and its remediation in contaminated soil

I Hussain, S Afzal, MA Ashraf, R Rasheed… - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2023 - Springer
Among numerous soil problems, metals or trace elements (TEs) accumulation is one of the
significant agronomic tasks which have extremely threatened food safety. Due to these, soil …

Phytoremediation as an effective remedy for removing trace elements from ecosystems

A Mocek-Płóciniak, J Mencel, W Zakrzewski… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The pollution of soil by trace elements is a global problem. Conventional methods of soil
remediation are often inapplicable, so it is necessary to search intensively for innovative and …

Agronomic practices for improving gentle remediation of trace element-contaminated soils

P Kidd, M Mench, V Álvarez-López, V Bert… - International journal …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The last few decades have seen the rise of Gentle soil Remediation Options (GRO), which
notably include in situ contaminant stabilization (“inactivation”) and plant-based (generally …

Redox effects on release kinetics of arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, and vanadium in Wax Lake Deltaic freshwater marsh soils

SM Shaheen, J Rinklebe, T Frohne, JR White… - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
The impact of redox potential (EH), pH, iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), chloride (Cl−), aliphatic
and aromatic dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and sulfate (SO 4 2−) on the release of …

In situ chemical stabilization of trace element-contaminated soil–Field demonstrations and barriers to transition from laboratory to the field–A review

J Kumpiene, J Antelo, E Brännvall, I Carabante… - Applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
The chemical stabilization, or immobilization, of trace elements (metals and metalloids; TE)
in contaminated soil has been studied for decades. A vast number of scientific publications …

Potential application of enhanced phytoremediation for heavy metals treatment in Nepal

H Timalsina, T Gyawali, S Ghimire, SR Paudel - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metals contamination in soil and water resources is a great threat to developing
countries because of the lack of waste treatment facilities. A majority of wastewater treatment …