Abstract
Phytoremediation is a biotechnology to clean the contaminated sites by toxic elements (e.g. Cd, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Fe) via plant breeding, plant extracting, and plant volatilizing. Biofortification is an agricultural process that increases the uptake and accumulation of trace mineral nutrients (Fe, I, Cu, Zn, Mn, Co, Cr, Se, Mo, F, Sn, Si, and V) in staple crops through plant breeding, genetic engineering, or manipulation of agricultural practices. However, these two biotechnologies could be connected closely just like two sides of one coin. Actually, plant materials produced from phytoremediation could be used as supplementary sources for foods, animal feedstuff for fortified meat, or green fertilizers for fortified agricultural products. Furthermore, the transgenic technology will substantially increase their accumulation of micronutrient elements in plants or staple crops, which could be used for phytoremediation and biofortification, respectively. Future work will be needed to phytoremediate and biofortify multiple micronutrients, and then integrate both.
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Yin, X., Yuan, L., Liu, Y., Lin, Z. (2012). Phytoremediation and Biofortification: Two Sides of One Coin. In: Yin, X., Yuan, L. (eds) Phytoremediation and Biofortification. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science(). Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1439-7_1
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