Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 6

Front Matter ....Pages i-xv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Redesigning Abandoned Gas Stations Through Phytotechnologies  (Frank Sleegers, Matthew Hisle)....Pages 3-20
 Microbial-Assisted Phytoremediation: A Convenient Use of Plant and Microbes to Clean Up Soils  (A. P. Pinto, A. de Varennes, C. M. B. Dias, M. E. Lopes)....Pages 21-87
Front Matter ....Pages 89-89
 Sorption: Release Processes in Soil—The Basis of Phytoremediation Efficiency  (G. Petruzzelli, M. Grifoni, M. Barbafieri, I. Rosellini, F. Pedron)....Pages 91-112
 A Survey on the Metal(loid) Accumulation Ability of Spontaneous and Established Plants for the Phytomanagement of an Industrial Landfill in the Venice Lagoon  (Fabrizio Pietrini, Valentina Iori, Lucia Pietrosanti, Laura Passatore, Maria Clara Zuin, Rita Aromolo et al.)....Pages 113-131
Front Matter ....Pages 133-133
 Role of PGPR in the Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals and Crop Growth Under Municipal Wastewater Irrigation  (Naeem Khan, Asghari Bano)....Pages 135-149
 Constructed Wetlands Case Studies for the Treatment of Water Polluted with Fuel and Oil Hydrocarbons  (Alexandros I. Stefanakis)....Pages 151-167
 Tolerance to Metals in Two Species of Fabaceae Grown in Riverbank Sediments Polluted with Chromium, Copper, and Lead  (Gabriel Basílico, Ana Faggi, Laura de Cabo)....Pages 169-178
 Phytoremediation of Industrial Wastewater by Hydrophytes  (Hera Naheed Khan, Muhammad Faisal)....Pages 179-200
Front Matter ....Pages 201-201
 A Promising Role of Lichens, Their Secondary Metabolites and miRNAs on Treatment of Cancer Disease After Exposure to Carcinogenic Heavy Metals  (Vildan Torun, Elif Değerli, Demet Cansaran-Duman)....Pages 203-214
 Phytoremediation of Chromium-Polluted Soil Using Plants in Conjunction with Microbes  (Ayesha Siddiqa, Muhammad Faisal)....Pages 215-231
Front Matter ....Pages 233-233
 Biological Aspects of Selenium and Silicon Nanoparticles in the Terrestrial Environments  (Hassan El-Ramady, Tarek Alshaal, Nevien Elhawat, Eman El-Nahrawy, Alaa El-Dein Omara, Sahar El-Nahrawy et al.)....Pages 235-264
Front Matter ....Pages 265-265
 Dendroremediation: The Role of Trees in Phytoextraction of Trace Elements  (Mirosław Mleczek, Monika Gąsecka, Janina Kaniuczak, Piotr Goliński, Małgorzata Szostek, Zuzanna Magdziak et al.)....Pages 267-295
 The Possibility of Use of Oil Seed Plants and Grasses for Phytoremediation  (Saule Atabayeva)....Pages 297-318
 Woody Species in Phytoremediation Applications for Contaminated Soils  (Elena Masarovičová, Katarína Kráľová)....Pages 319-373
Front Matter ....Pages 375-375
 Overview of Nano-phytoremediation Applications  (Alfreda Ogochukwu Nwadinigwe, Emmanuel Chibuzor Ugwu)....Pages 377-382
 Nano-phytoremediation of Pollutants from Contaminated Soil Environment: Current Scenario and Future Prospects  (Akansha Srivastav, Krishna Kumar Yadav, Sunita Yadav, Neha Gupta, Jitendra Kumar Singh, Ravi Katiyar et al.)....Pages 383-401
 Impact of Engineered Nanoparticles on the Phytoextraction of Environmental Pollutants  (Xingmao Ma, Xiaoxuan Wang)....Pages 403-414
 Application of Nano-phytoremediation Technology for Soil Polluted with Pesticide Residues and Heavy Metals  (K. Jesitha, P. S. Harikumar)....Pages 415-439
 Nano-phytoremediation Application for Water Contamination  (Madhulika Bhati, Radhika Rai)....Pages 441-452
 Phytoremediation as a Cleansing Tool for Nanoparticles and Pharmaceutical Wastes Toxicity  (Fares K. Khalifa, Maha I. Alkhalf)....Pages 453-464
Back Matter ....Pages 465-476