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Metals and Metalloids in Soil-Plant-Water Systems: Phytophysiology and Remediation Techniques examines the impact of metal/metalloid contamination on the plant lifecycle, along with microbes present in soil. Highlighting uptake and translocation, the book also examines antioxidant, photosynthesis and growth characteristics of plants grown in metal contaminated soil. Beginning with an introduction to different sources of soil and water pollution, chapters assess the environmental cytotoxicity pollution impact on plants, as well as how the generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in plant tissues is affected. The book also discusses various soil remediation methodologies, including the potential applications of metal oxidizing microbes and nanomaterials.
This is an essential resource for researchers and students interested in plant physiology, soil science, environmental science and agriculture.
List of contents
1. Metal and metalloids speciation, fractionation, bioavailability and transfer toward plants
2. Uptake and translocation of metals/metalloids in plants through soil and water
3. Soil and water pollution with metals/metalloids: Sources, types and interference
4. Antioxidant, photosynthesis and growth characteristics of plants grown with excess of metals/metalloids in soils
5. Assessment of environmental cytotoxicity metal/metalloid pollution impact on plants
6. Molecular investigation of plant-soil-water interactions at functional level
7. Effects of metals/metalloids on the generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in plant tissues
8. Application of biochar and other biostimulants for sustainable remediation of metals and metalloids
9. Remediation of toxic metals/metalloids from soil and water through transgenic plants: A review
10. Application of biosurfactants for improving agricultural soil quality by soil remediation
11. Metal oxidizing microbes and potential application in bioremediation of soil and water
12. Interaction of nanomaterials with plant and soil and their use in remediation technologies
13. Mycoremediation of metal/metalloid-contaminated soil: Biorecovery using fungi/AM fungi
14. Plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB): Application and challenges in bioremediation of metal and metalloid contaminated soils
15. An overview of recent green technologies to remediate metal/metalloid-contaminated soils
About the author
Tariq Aftab received his PhD from the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University, India, where he is currently a Senior Assistant Professor. He is the recipient of a prestigious Leibniz DAAD fellowship from Germany, a Raman Fellowship from the Government of India, and Young Scientist Awards from both the State Government of Uttar Pradesh and the Government of India. He has also served as a Visiting Scientist at IPK Gatersleben, Germany, and in the Department of Plant Biology at Michigan State University, United States. Dr. Aftab has edited numerous books for major international publishers, including Elsevier, Springer Nature, and CRC Press. He has co-authored several book chapters and published extensively in peer-reviewed, international journals. His research interests include physiological, proteomic, and molecular studies on medicinal and crop plants.Dr. Khalid Rehman Hakeem (PhD) is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has more both teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plant-microbe-soil interactions as well as in environmental studies. He has served as the visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. He has more than 110 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals has extensive book publishing experience as well. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is a fellow of Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, member of the World Academy of Sciences, member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan, and member of Asian Federation of Biotechnology, Korea.
