Phytoremediation: plant-endophyte partnerships take the challenge

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-254

  Weyens, Nele ^a   van der Lelie, Daniel ^b   Taghavi, Safiyh ^b   Vangronsveld, Jaco ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT DEGRADATION; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; HOST PLANTS; INDUCED STRESS; METABOLIC CAPABILITIES; MIXED POLLUTION; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING; TOXIC METALS; VOLATILE CONTAMINANTS;

BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; EXTRACTION; IMPURITIES; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

GROUND WATER; METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILE AGENT;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL WASTE; ENDOPHYTE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HOST; METABOLIC CAPACITY; METAL EXTRACTION; METAL TOLERANCE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; PLANT ENDOPHYTE PARTNERSHIP; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; PLANT STRESS; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 66049149852     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2009.02.012     Document Type: Review

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