Biochemical Mechanisms of Detoxification in Higher Plants
Basis of Phytoremediation
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Beschreibung
Plants play a key role in purifying the biosphere of the toxic effects of industrial activity. This book shows how systematic application of the results of investigations into the metabolism of xenobiotics (foreign, often toxic substances) in plants could make a vastly increased contribution to planetary well-being. Deep physiological knowledge gained from an accumulation of experimental data enables the great differences between the detoxifying abilities of different plants for compounds of different chemical nature to be optimally exploited. Hence planting could be far more systematically adapted to actual environmental needs than is actually the case at present.
The book could form the basis of specialist courses in universities and polytechnics devoted to environmental management, and advanced courses in plant physiology and biochemistry, for botany and integrative biology students. Fundamental plant physiology and biochemistry from the molecular level to whole plants and ecosystems are interwoven in a powerful and natural way, making this a unique contribution to the field.
Based on 40 years experimental data of the authors Written as a homogeneous whole Practical recommendations for environmental planners in a carefully compiled appendix Includes worked examples and solutions to problems Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
George Kvesitadze
Themen in »Biochemical Mechanisms of Detoxification in Higher Plants«
Plant physiology biochemistry biodegradation biotechnology ecosystem metabolism microorganism organic pollutants physiology phytoremediation xenobiochemistry air pollution and air quality