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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), 166, 170 Barley root elongation test, 31, 32
Agrotechnological treatments, HMs, 222–225 BCF. See Bioconcentration factor (BCF)
Alyssum bertolonii (Brassicaceae), 93 BCS. See Bioavailable contaminant
Alyssum serpyllifolium (Brassicaceae), 93 stripping (BCS)
Amendments Berkheya coddii (Asteraceae), 93
contaminated soil, 185 Bioaccumulation, heavy metals
in situ technique, 185 cutting-edge approaches, 133
organic and inorganic, 186 environmental contamination
Anthropogenic pollution, heavy metals effects, 118–119
arsenic, 183 industrial and urban wastes, 117
cadmium, 180 organic and inorganic wastes, 117
chromium, 181–182 microbial development, 132
contamination source, 177, 178 phytomining, 132–133
copper, 179 phytoremediation (see Phytoremediation)
description, 177 remediation and ecosystem restoration
environmental problem, 178 aquatic environment, 119
lead, 181 cleaning up, 120
mercury, 182–183 oxidation, 120–121
nickel, 180–181 traditional methods, 120
recycling organic matter, 178–179 rhizosphere (see Rhizosphere, wetland
soil, 177, 178 plants)
zinc, 179–180 wastewater treatment, 132
Arabidopsis thaliana, 128 wetland (see Wetlands)
Argentina’s phytostabilization experiences Bioavailable contaminants
BCF and TF, 189–190, 192 EBCS procedure, 286
contamination levels, shoot/leaves and “Green Remediation”, 285
roots, 191, 192 in situ technologies, 274
heavy metals mercury-contaminated soil (see Mercury-
concentration and distribution, 190, 191 contaminated soil)
stress, 193 non-hyperaccumulator plants, 274
phytoremediation, 189 phytoextraction (see Phytoextraction)
Sesbania virgata, 189–190, 192 soil properties, 275–277
Assimilation, selenium, 166–168 Bioavailable contaminant stripping (BCS),
Asteraceae, metal accumulation, 147 22, 279, 285
ATP. See Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) Bioconcentration factor (BCF), 190, 192

D.K. Gupta (ed.), Plant-Based Remediation Processes, Soil Biology 35, 291
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-35564-6, # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013