Worldwide, there are many large areas moderately contaminated with heavy metals and/or
organics that have not been remediated due to the high cost and technical drawbacks of …

The presence of emerging contaminants, such as pharmaceuticals and personal care
products (PPCPs), in aquatic environments has received increasing attention in the last …

Dark septate endophytic (DSE) fungi are ubiquitous and cosmopolitan, and occur widely in
association with plants in heavy metal stress environment. However, little is known about the …

Phytoextraction, as the most commonly used technique in phytoremediation, involves the
utilization of plant-hyperaccumulators for the absorption pollutants (primarily heavy metals) …

Phytotechnologies have been used worldwide to remediate and restore damaged
ecosystems, especially those caused by industrial byproducts leaching into rivers and other …

Background and aims Dark septate endophyte (DSE) fungi are the most frequent colonists
on the roots of Salix caprea in highly metal-contaminated soils. The present study was …

The increasing worldwide consumption of pharmaceuticals and personal care products such
as ibuprofen (IBU) is leading to the widespread and persistent occurrence of these …

Besides anthropogenic factors, climate change causes altered precipitation patterns that
indirectly affect the increase of heavy metals in soils due to hydrological effects and …

A pot experiment was conducted to monitor the dynamic response of photosynthesis of
Amorpha fruticosa seedlings to different concentrations of petroleum-contaminated soils …

Metal inputs to terrestrial ecosystems are of great concern due their toxicity to biota,
especially for elements with no biological function such as cadmium. Fast-growing trees …