Heavy metal remediation :: transport and accumulation in plants /

Plants have a very specific and efficient mechanism to obtain, translocate and store nutrients from the surrounding environment. The precise mechanism that helps a plant in nutrient translocation from root to shoot also, in the same way, transfers and stores toxic metals within their structure. Meta...

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Other Authors: Gupta, Dharmendra Kumar (Phytoremediation researcher) (Editor), Chatterjee, Soumya (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]
Series:Environmental research advances series.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Plants have a very specific and efficient mechanism to obtain, translocate and store nutrients from the surrounding environment. The precise mechanism that helps a plant in nutrient translocation from root to shoot also, in the same way, transfers and stores toxic metals within their structure. Metal toxicity generally causes multiple direct or indirect effects on plants, affecting nearly all of their physiological functions. Plant tolerance to heavy metals depends largely on plant efficiency in uptake, translocation and sequestration of heavy metals in specific cell organelles or specialized.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781633215931
1633215938