| Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 2 Contributor(s): Ansari, Abid Ali (Editor), Gill, Sarvajeet Singh (Editor), Gill, Ritu (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3319109685 ISBN-13: 9783319109688 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - Pollution Control - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Science | Life Sciences - Botany |
| Dewey: 628.4 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 8.4" W x 11.1" (3.20 lbs) 366 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This text details the plant-assisted remediation method, "phytoremediation", which involves the interaction of plant roots and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of soil contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents, radionuclides, explosives, crude oil, organic compounds and various other contaminants. Each chapter highlights and compares the beneficial and economical alternatives of phytoremediation to currently practiced soil removal and burial practices. This book covers state of the art approaches in Phytoremediation written by leading and eminent scientists from around the globe. Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 1 supplies its readers with a multidisciplinary understanding in the principal and practical approaches of phytoremediation from laboratory research to field application. |