Hazardous and Trace Materials in Soil and Plants: Sources, Effects and Management explores the latest advancements in reducing, avoiding and eliminating soil contaminants that challenge the health and safety of agricultural plants. With a focus on minimizing the production of those hazardous substances, controlling their distribution and ensuring safe utilization, the book explores each contributing area and provides insights toward improved, sustainable and secure production. This is an excellent reference resource on both current research and future directions from laboratory research to field applications.
The combined impacts of climate change and industrialization have led to increased and diversified threats to the health of the soil in which our food crops are grown, as well as in the plants themselves. This dual-hazard scenario is increasingly recognized as a threat to not just the environment, but to global food security as agricultural soils contaminated with pollutants alter plant metabolism, thus resulting in reduced crop quality and production quantity.
1. Hazardous and Trace Materials in Soil and Plants - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Title page - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Contents - p. Page vi 7. List of contributors - p. Page vii 8. Foreword - p. Page vii 9. Preface - p. Page ix 10. List of Illustrations - p. Page xi 11. List of Tables - p. Page xii 12. Chapter 1 : An overview of the hazardous and trace materials in soil and plants - p. Page xii 13. Chapter 2 : Biological contamination and the control of biological contaminants in the environment - p. Page 6 14. Chapter 3 : Long-term challenges, the characteristics and behavior of various hazardous material and trace elements in soil - p. Page 13 15. Chapter 4 : Effect of selenium on soils and plants and its management - p. Page 26 16. Chapter 5 : Heavy metals in contaminated soil: a bird’s eye view on causes, risks, and strategies for remediation - p. Page 40 17. Chapter 6 : Soil chemical pollution and remediation - p. Page 55 18. Chapter 7 : Soil heavy metal pollution: impact on plants and methods of bioremediation - p. Page 69 19. Chapter 8 : Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from water and wastewater through biological processes: an overview - p. Page 81 20. Chapter 9 : Sediment pollution in aquatic environments of the metropolitan region of Buenos Aires, Argentina - p. Page 95 21. Chapter 10 : Hazardous elements in plants: sources, effect and management - p. Page 108 22. Chapter 11 : Bioaccumulation and translocation of some trace elements in co-occurring halophytes (Amaranthaceae) from Algerian saline areas - p. Page 125 23. Chapter 12 : Heavy metal toxicity and underlying mechanisms for heavy metal tolerance in medicinal legumes - p. Page 139 24. Chapter 13 : Biochemical responses of plants towards heavy metals in soil - p. Page 166 25. Chapter 14 : Spatial distribution of arsenic species in soil ecosystem and their effect on plant physiology - p. Page 190 26. Chapter 15 : Aluminum in tea plants: phytotoxicity, tolerance and mitigation - p. Page 210 27. Chapter 16 : Role of phytohormones in mitigating the harmful impacts of hazardous and trace materials on agriculture crops - p. Page 225 28. Chapter 17 : Cadmium-induced oxidative stress and remediation in plants - p. Page 240 29. Chapter 18 : Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria as bioremediators of polluted agricultural soils: challenges and prospects - p. Page 256 30. Chapter 19 : Bacterial polyamines: a key mediator to combat stress tolerance in plants - p. Page 272 31. Chapter 20 : Plants and microbes assisted remediation of cadmium-contaminated soil - p. Page 280 32. Chapter 21 : The efficiency of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on sequestration of potentially toxic elements in soil - p. Page 292 33. Chapter 22 : Biomonitoring of heavy metals contamination in soil ecosystem - p. Page 305 34. Chapter 23 : Role of nanoparticles in remediation of environmental contaminants - p. Page 320 35. Chapter 24 : Genomic approaches for phytoremediation of trace and hazardous metals - p. Page 337 36. Index - p. Page 351
Hazardous and Trace Materials in Soil and Plants: Sources, Effects and Management explores the latest advancements in reducing, avoiding and eliminating soil contaminants that challenge the health and safety of agricultural plants. With a focus on minimizing the production of those hazardous substances, controlling their distribution and ensuring safe utilization, the book explores each contributing area and provides insights toward improved, sustainable and secure production. This is an excellent reference resource on both current research and future directions from laboratory research to field applications.
The combined impacts of climate change and industrialization have led to increased and diversified threats to the health of the soil in which our food crops are grown, as well as in the plants themselves. This dual-hazard scenario is increasingly recognized as a threat to not just the environment, but to global food security as agricultural soils contaminated with pollutants alter plant metabolism, thus resulting in reduced crop quality and production quantity.
1. Hazardous and Trace Materials in Soil and Plants - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Title page - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Contents - p. Page vi 7. List of contributors - p. Page vii 8. Foreword - p. Page vii 9. Preface - p. Page ix 10. List of Illustrations - p. Page xi 11. List of Tables - p. Page xii 12. Chapter 1 : An overview of the hazardous and trace materials in soil and plants - p. Page xii 13. Chapter 2 : Biological contamination and the control of biological contaminants in the environment - p. Page 6 14. Chapter 3 : Long-term challenges, the characteristics and behavior of various hazardous material and trace elements in soil - p. Page 13 15. Chapter 4 : Effect of selenium on soils and plants and its management - p. Page 26 16. Chapter 5 : Heavy metals in contaminated soil: a bird’s eye view on causes, risks, and strategies for remediation - p. Page 40 17. Chapter 6 : Soil chemical pollution and remediation - p. Page 55 18. Chapter 7 : Soil heavy metal pollution: impact on plants and methods of bioremediation - p. Page 69 19. Chapter 8 : Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from water and wastewater through biological processes: an overview - p. Page 81 20. Chapter 9 : Sediment pollution in aquatic environments of the metropolitan region of Buenos Aires, Argentina - p. Page 95 21. Chapter 10 : Hazardous elements in plants: sources, effect and management - p. Page 108 22. Chapter 11 : Bioaccumulation and translocation of some trace elements in co-occurring halophytes (Amaranthaceae) from Algerian saline areas - p. Page 125 23. Chapter 12 : Heavy metal toxicity and underlying mechanisms for heavy metal tolerance in medicinal legumes - p. Page 139 24. Chapter 13 : Biochemical responses of plants towards heavy metals in soil - p. Page 166 25. Chapter 14 : Spatial distribution of arsenic species in soil ecosystem and their effect on plant physiology - p. Page 190 26. Chapter 15 : Aluminum in tea plants: phytotoxicity, tolerance and mitigation - p. Page 210 27. Chapter 16 : Role of phytohormones in mitigating the harmful impacts of hazardous and trace materials on agriculture crops - p. Page 225 28. Chapter 17 : Cadmium-induced oxidative stress and remediation in plants - p. Page 240 29. Chapter 18 : Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria as bioremediators of polluted agricultural soils: challenges and prospects - p. Page 256 30. Chapter 19 : Bacterial polyamines: a key mediator to combat stress tolerance in plants - p. Page 272 31. Chapter 20 : Plants and microbes assisted remediation of cadmium-contaminated soil - p. Page 280 32. Chapter 21 : The efficiency of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on sequestration of potentially toxic elements in soil - p. Page 292 33. Chapter 22 : Biomonitoring of heavy metals contamination in soil ecosystem - p. Page 305 34. Chapter 23 : Role of nanoparticles in remediation of environmental contaminants - p. Page 320 35. Chapter 24 : Genomic approaches for phytoremediation of trace and hazardous metals - p. Page 337 36. Index - p. Page 351
