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Heavy Metal Toxicities in Soils and Their Remediation

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Pollution of soils with heavy metals from various sources has become a common feature across the globe due to increase in anthropogenic activities and industrial development and has attracted the attention of all stakeholders. In spite of the differential tolerance of plants to heavy metal toxicities, impairment in the productivity of most of the agricultural crops is steadfast throughout the globe. Bio-transfer of these metals remains unabated from polluted sites and even through animal milk and dung. The remediation methods are broadly grouped into engineering, electrokinetics, and bioremediation. These have their own merits and demerits, but the bioremediation is quite effective and the current results are encouraging. Therefore, the sources of heavy metals to soils (including pathways), their effect on soils and plants, and few of the proven phytoremediation methods have been elaborated here.

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    Arvind K. Shukla, Kulasekaran Ramesh, Ritu Nagdev & Saumya Srivastava

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  1. National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Indian Council for Agricultural Research, Baramati, Maharashtra, India

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Shukla, A.K., Ramesh, K., Nagdev, R., Srivastava, S. (2017). Heavy Metal Toxicities in Soils and Their Remediation. In: Minhas, P., Rane, J., Pasala, R. (eds) Abiotic Stress Management for Resilient Agriculture. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5744-1_7

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