Perspective on phytoremediation for improving heavy metal-contaminated soils

Plant Adaptation and Phytoremediation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 227-244

  Shao, Hong Bo ^a,b   Chu, Li Ye ^a   Ni, Fu Tai ^c   Guo, Dong Gang ^d   Li, Hua ^d   Li, Wei Xiang ^e  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c JILIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Gene expression; Heavy metals; Hyperaccumulator; Mechanisms; Phytohormones; Phytoremediation; Signal transduction; Soil; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864923749     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9370-7_11     Document Type: Chapter

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