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 …

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 …

The use of plants in environmental remediation has been called “green remediation,”“
phytoremediation,”“botanical bioremediation,”“phytoextraction,” etc. Phytoremediation …

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 …

During the history of life on Earth, tectonic and climatic change repeatedly generated large
territories that were virtually devoid of life and exhibited harsh environmental conditions. The …

Metal hyperaccumulator plants accumulate and detoxify extraordinarily high concentrations
of metal ions in their shoots. Metal hyperaccumulation is a fascinating phenomenon, which …

This is the third edition of an established and successful university textbook. The original
structure and philosophy of the book continue in this new edition, providing a genuine …

Plants growing in metal-enriched substrates take up metals to varying degrees in response
to external and internal factors. The tacit assumption that a plant can thus act as an …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

Plants produce a range of ligands for cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), and zinc (Zn).
Cd-and Zn-citrate complexes are prevalent in leaves, even though malate is more abundant …