Phytoremediation and Biofortification Two Sides of One Coin /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Yin, Xuebin (Editor), Yuan, Linxi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Environmental chemistry.; Chemistry/Food Science, general.; Environmental Chemistry.

Phytoremediation consists of using plants and their associated microbes for environmental cleanup. Over the past 10 years, this treatment has gained recognition as a cost-effective, non-invasive, alternative or complimentary technology to engineering-based remediation methods. Biofortification, on t...

Table of Contents:

• Phytoremediation and Biofortification: Two Sides of One Coin (Xuebin Yin, Linxi Yuan, Ying Liu and Zhiqing Lin)
• Selenium in Plants and Soils, and Selenosis in Enshi, China: Implications for Selenium Biofortification (Linxi Yuan, Xuebin Yin, Yuanyuan Zhu, Fei Li, Yang Huang, Ying Liu, Zhiqing Lin)
• Phytoremediation of Zinc-Contaminated Soil and Zinc-Biofortification for Human Nutrition (Li Zhao, Linxi Yuan, Zhangmin Wang, Tianyu Lei, Xuebin Yin)
• Biofortification to Struggle against Iron Deficiency (Yang Huang, Linxi Yuan, Xuebin Yin)
• Phytoremediation of Cadmium and Copper Contaminated Soils (Yuanyuan Zhu, De Bi, Linxi Yuan, Xuebin Yin).