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Metals and Metalloids in Soil-Plant-Water Systems

Phytophysiology and Remediation Techniques

  • 1st Edition - August 13, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Tariq Aftab, Khalid Rehman Hakeem
  • Language: English

Metals and Metalloids in Soil-Plant-Water Systems: Phytophysiology and Remediation Techniques examines the impact of metal/metalloid contamination on the plant lifecycle, along wit… Read more

Description

Metals and Metalloids in Soil-Plant-Water Systems: Phytophysiology and Remediation Techniques examines the impact of metal/metalloid contamination on the plant lifecycle, along with microbes present in soil. Highlighting uptake and translocation, the book also examines antioxidant, photosynthesis and growth characteristics of plants grown in metal contaminated soil. Beginning with an introduction to different sources of soil and water pollution, chapters assess the environmental cytotoxicity pollution impact on plants, as well as how the generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in plant tissues is affected. The book also discusses various soil remediation methodologies, including the potential applications of metal oxidizing microbes and nanomaterials.

This is an essential resource for researchers and students interested in plant physiology, soil science, environmental science and agriculture.

Key features

  • Provides a comprehensive overview of metal and metalloids speciation, fractionation, bioavailability and transfer to plants
  • Analyzes properties of plants grown with excess metals/metalloids in soils
  • Highlights applications of biochar and other biostimulants for sustainable metal/metalloid remediation

Readership

Mining engineers and graduate-level students interested in developing and/or applying AI approaches to enhance their own work;All practitioners, researchers and data scientists interested in the mining industry as a source of new problems for them to address through their work.

Table of contents

1. Metal and metalloids speciation, fractionation, bioavailability and transfer toward plants

2. Uptake and translocation of metals/metalloids in plants through soil and water

3. Soil and water pollution with metals/metalloids: Sources, types and interference

4. Antioxidant, photosynthesis and growth characteristics of plants grown with excess of metals/metalloids in soils

5. Assessment of environmental cytotoxicity metal/metalloid pollution impact on plants

6. Molecular investigation of plant-soil-water interactions at functional level

7. Effects of metals/metalloids on the generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in plant tissues

8. Application of biochar and other biostimulants for sustainable remediation of metals and metalloids

9. Remediation of toxic metals/metalloids from soil and water through transgenic plants: A review

10. Application of biosurfactants for improving agricultural soil quality by soil remediation

11. Metal oxidizing microbes and potential application in bioremediation of soil and water

12. Interaction of nanomaterials with plant and soil and their use in remediation technologies

13. Mycoremediation of metal/metalloid-contaminated soil: Biorecovery using fungi/AM fungi

14. Plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB): Application and challenges in bioremediation of metal and metalloid contaminated soils

15. An overview of recent green technologies to remediate metal/metalloid-contaminated soils

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 18, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

TA

Tariq Aftab

Tariq Aftab received his PhD from the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University, India, where he is currently a Senior Assistant Professor. He is the recipient of a prestigious Leibniz DAAD fellowship from Germany, a Raman Fellowship from the Government of India, and Young Scientist Awards from both the State Government of Uttar Pradesh and the Government of India. He has also served as a Visiting Scientist at IPK Gatersleben, Germany, and in the Department of Plant Biology at Michigan State University, United States. Dr. Aftab has edited numerous books for major international publishers, including Elsevier, Springer Nature, and CRC Press. He has co-authored several book chapters and published extensively in peer-reviewed, international journals. His research interests include physiological, proteomic, and molecular studies on medicinal and crop plants.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

KH

Khalid Rehman Hakeem

Dr. Hakeem is a Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Head of the Plant Biotechnology Research Unit at the Princess Dr. Najlaa Bint Saud Al Saud Center for Distinguished Research in Biotechnology. His academic journey includes roles as Assistant Professor at the University of Kashmir and research appointments in Malaysia. He holds a Ph.D. in Botany from Jamia Hamdard, India, with expertise in plant eco-physiology, molecular biology, biotechnology, and medicinal plant research. He has authored numerous books, journal articles, and book chapters, and serves on editorial boards for leading publishers. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and affiliated with international scientific societies. His work focuses on advancing plant science through global collaborations and research on eco-physiological and molecular processes.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Makkah Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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