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 …

Metal hyperaccumulator plants: a review of the ecology and physiology of a biological resource for phytoremediation of metal-polluted soils

AJM Baker, SP McGrath, RD Reeves… - … of contaminated soil …, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
The concentrations in plant parts depend both on intrinsic and extrinsic factors and vary
greatly for different species and for different metals. Responses by plant species to exposure …

Improving metal hyperaccumulator wild plants to develop commercial phytoextraction systems: approaches and progress

RL Chaney, YM Li, SL Brown, FA Homer… - … of contaminated soil …, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
The use of plants in environmental remediation has been called “green remediation,”“
phytoremediation,”“botanical bioremediation,”“phytoextraction,” etc. Phytoremediation …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms underlying heavy metal uptake, translocation and tolerance in hyperaccumulators-an analysis: Heavy metal tolerance in …

S Pasricha, V Mathur, A Garg, S Lenka, K Verma… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation is an economically viable green technology that utilizes hyperaccumulator
plants to remove heavy metals (HM) from the soil. Hyperaccumulators are adept at …

Physiological and molecular mechanisms of metal accumulation in hyperaccumulator plants

O Sytar, S Ghosh, H Malinska, M Zivcak… - Physiologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Most of the heavy metals (HMs), and metals/metalloids are released into the nature either by
natural phenomenon or anthropogenic activities. Being sessile organisms, plants are …

Molecular mechanism of heavy metal toxicity and tolerance in plants: central role of glutathione in detoxification of reactive oxygen species and methylglyoxal and in …

MA Hossain, P Piyatida, JAT da Silva… - Journal of botany, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Heavy metal (HM) toxicity is one of the major abiotic stresses leading to hazardous effects in
plants. A common consequence of HM toxicity is the excessive accumulation of reactive …

Phytoremediation

DE Salt, RD Smith, I Raskin - Annual review of plant biology, 1998 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Contaminated soils and waters pose a major environmental and human health
problem, which may be partially solved by the emerging phytoremediation technology. This …

Phytoextraction of toxic metals: a review of biological mechanisms

MM Lasat - Journal of environmental quality, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Remediation of sites contaminated with toxic metals is particularly challenging. Unlike
organic compounds, metals cannot be degraded, and the cleanup usually requires their …

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 …

Nickel: an overview of uptake, essentiality and toxicity in plants

M Yusuf, Q Fariduddin, S Hayat, A Ahmad - Bulletin of environmental …, 2011 - Springer
Nickel even though recognized as a trace element, its metabolism is very decisive for certain
enzyme activities, maintaining proper cellular redox state and various other biochemical …