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Phytoremediation of Metals and Radionuclides in the Environment: The Case for Natural Hyperaccumulators, Metal Transporters, Soil-Amending Chelators and Transgenic Plants

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Heavy Metal Stress in Plants

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All compartments of the environment, viz. air, water and soil, are polluted by a variety of metals including radionuclides that can interfere with biogeochemical cycles. Heavy metals and radionuclides are considered as major environmental pollutants and are considered to be cytotoxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic (Hadjiliads 1997). Phytoremediation has been accepted widely both in developed and developing nations for its potential to clean up polluted and contaminated sites (Figs 14.1–14.3).

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Prasad, M.N.V. (2004). Phytoremediation of Metals and Radionuclides in the Environment: The Case for Natural Hyperaccumulators, Metal Transporters, Soil-Amending Chelators and Transgenic Plants. In: Prasad, M.N.V. (eds) Heavy Metal Stress in Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07743-6_14

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