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This technology utilizes naturally occurring processes by which plants and their rhizosphere microorganisms degrade and sequester inorganic and organic pollutants pillonsmits, 2005. Assessment of successful experiments and limitations of. However, there have been scant private and public investments and little commercial success with this technology. Soil remediation and plants provides a common platform for biologists, agricultural engineers, environmental scientists, and chemists, working with a common aim of finding sustainable solutions to various environmental issues.
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Enhanced phytoreme diation of volatile environmental pollutants with transgenic trees. Phytoremediation aids to augment bioremediation as it uses broad range plants to remediate soil, sediment, surface water and ground water that have been contaminated with toxic metals, organic, pesticides and radionuclides. Landmeyer has written a textbook on an innovative alternative to traditional remediation technologies known as phytoremediation. Using phytotechnologies to clean up contaminated soils and groundwater by kate kennen ms. While woody and herbaceous crops are candidates for such remediation systems, trees within the genera. Consequently, plants undergo evapotranspiration that contaminates the ambient air and, thus, undermines the merits of phytoremediation. Phyto presents the concepts and application of phytoremediation and phytotechnology in one comprehensive guide, illustrating when plants can be considered for the uptake, removal or mitigation of onsite pollutants on a range of landscapes such as. Under laboratory conditions, endophytic bacteria equipped with the. General mechanisms sequestration, compartmentalization, phytovolatilization, phytodegradation and phytotransformation involved in phytoremediation of organicinorganicemerging environmental contaminants of primary concern in aerialaboveground plant parts are depicted in fig. Oct, 2009 the term phytotechnologies refers to the application of science and engineering to provide solutions involving plants, including phytoremediation options using plants and associated microbes to remediate environmental compartments contaminated by trace elements te and organic xenobiotics ox. Remediation of environmental contaminants find, read and cite all the. This book is the first to compile the state of the science and engineering arts in this rapidly advancing field. Phytotechnologies are plantbased approaches used to detect, degrade, remove or contain contaminants in soil, groundwater, surface water, sediments, or air itrc 2009. Because of a nutrientrich resource, soil is a hub of versatile microbiological activities that are indispensable to maintain its fertility and plant productivity by facilitating therein decomposition, mineralization, fixation and immobilization of nutrients and consequently, their recycling.
In recent decades, increases in the concentrations of diverse pollutants e. Technologies for cleaning up contaminated sites epa uses a variety of technologies to ensure contaminants are either removed from a site or treated so they no longer pose a threat to human health and the environment. Common contaminants that can be found in urban soil. Phytotechnologies is a set of technologies using plants to remediate or contain contaminants in soil, groundwater, surface water, or sediments. This introductory manual addresses environmental site restoration practices that both ensure compliance with federal statutes and prevent further contamination or expense. Phytoremediation management of environmental contaminants. This is the first book to address the benefits of phytotechnologies from a design point of view, taking complex scientific terms and translating the research into an easytounderstand reference book for those involved in. A crossborder approach r828598c687 improved halogen resistance of catalytic oxidation through efficient catalyst testing r828598c696 phytoremediation and bioremediation of land contaminated by pahs, pcbs, and tnt. The book highlights concept of entrepreneur and entrepreneurship, emergence of entrepreneurial class, motivation and entrepreneurial behaviour promotion of venture opportunity class, environmental analysis, small scale units. Phytotechnologies for site cleanup epa 542f9, 2010 phytotechnologies are a set of techniques that make use of plants to achieve environmental goals. Technologies for cleaning up contaminated sites us epa. Remediation technologies are designed to disrupt contamination pathways leading. Urban areas requiring remedial work has prompted the use of phytotechnologies to improve water quality, soil health, and biodiversity, as well as to achieve sustainable social and economic goals.
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