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Biomass E
crop plants, 24 East Calcutta Wetland (ECW), 131–132
hazardous plant, 23 ECW. See East Calcutta Wetland (ECW)
production and metal concentration, Enhanced bioavailable contaminant
23–24, 27 stripping (EBCS)
recycling, 23 ammonium thiosulphate, 282
treatment, 27 approaches, 280, 281
Bioreactors, 109–110 B. juncea and H. annuus, 283, 284
Bioremediation calculation, 283–284
definition, 120 extraction, 282
vs. hygienic growth growing cycle, 284
flax, 205–208 mercury-contaminated soil, 281
heavy metals, 204–209 plant species, 283
hemp phytoextraction, 209–213 remediation approach, 285
in situ method, 239 “total available mercury”, 282
Brassica juncea, phytoextraction, 65 Environmental pollutants, 101–102

F
C Fagopyrum esculentum (Polygonaceae), 92
Cadmium (Cd) Fibre crops
accumulation, flax/linseed, 206–208 Cannabis sativa L., 203–204
concentration, 205, 214, 215 description, 199
contamination, 205 heavy metal phytoextraction (see Heavy
metals remediation, 106–107 metals (HMs))
PC, 217
hygienic vs. bioremediation aspect
tolerance, 216
(see Bioremediation)
Calamagrostis arundinacea (Poaceae), 94
Linum usitatissimum L., 201–203
Cannabis sativa L. See Hemp
management and industrial processing,
Cation diffusion facilitator (CDF), 248, 249
contaminated biomass, 228–230
CDF. See Cation diffusion facilitator (CDF)
plant species, 200
Copper (Cu)
polluted agricultural soils, 231–232
metals remediation, 109
world production and acreage, 200, 201
shoot tissues, 147, 148
Flax/linseed
COPT. See Cu-transporter protein (COPT)
botanical characterisation and economical
Crop plants, biomass, 24
uses, 201–203
Cu-transporter protein (COPT), 245
Cd uptake and accumulation, 205–208
heavy metal phytoextraction (see Heavy
metals (HMs))
D polluted agricultural soils, 230–231
Decontamination, 240 Fragaria vesca (Rosaceae), 94
Detoxification, heavy metals
CDF, 248
cysteine-rich metallothioneins, 247 G
mercury, 8–9 Genetically engineered plants
MTPs, 248–249 biomass plants, 249, 250
NRAMP, 249 compartmentalization, metals, 252–253
PCS, 247, 248 enhanced metal ligand production
root symplast, 246–247 A. thaliana, 255
selenium, 9 B. juncea, 254
Dimethylselenoiopropionate (DMSeP), 168 metal oxyanions, 256
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), 168 nicotianamine, 256
DMSeP. See Dimethylselenoiopropionate OAS, 255
(DMSeP) PCS, 254
DMSP. See Dimethylsulfoniopropionate SAT, 255
(DMSP) transgenic plants, 254