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on the phytoremediation of soils contaminated with environmentally toxic heavy metals and
metalloids such as zinc, cadmium, lead and arsenic. Rev Environ Sci Biotechnol 3:71–90
Allen JW, Shachar-Hill Y (2009) Sulfur transfer through an arbuscular mycorrhiza. Plant Physiol
149:549–560
Anand SV (2013) Global environmental issues. Sci Rep 2:632
Andrade SAL, Abreu CA, De Abreu MF, Silveira APD (2004) Influence of lead additions on
arbuscular mycorrhiza and Rhizobium symbioses under soybean plants. Appl Soil Ecol
26:123–131
Appannagari RR (2017) Environmental pollution causes and consequences: a study. N Asian Int
Res J Soc Sci Hum 3(8):151–161
Ardestani MM, Van Gestel CAM (2013) Toxicodynamics of copper and cadmium in Folsomia
candida exposed to simulated soil solutions: copper and cadmium toxicodynamics in springtails. Environ Toxicol Chem 32:2746–2754
Arya SK, Roy BK (2011) Manganese induced changes in growth, chlorophyll content and
antioxidants activity in seedlings of broad bean (Vicia faba L.). J Environ Biol 32(6):707–711
Asrar Z, Khavari-Nejad RA, Heidari H (2005) Excess manganese effects on pigments of Mentha
spicata at flowering stage. Arch Agron Soil Sci 51(1):101–107
Ayangbenro AS, Babalola OO (2017) A new strategy for heavy metal polluted environments: a
review of microbial biosorbents. Int J Environ Res Public Health 14(1):94
Azadi HHP (2010) Genetically modified and organic crops in developing countries: a review of
options for food security. Biotechnol Adv 28:160–168
Azaizeh H, Marschner H, Romheld V, Wittenmayer L (1995) Effects of a vesicular-arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungus and other soil microorganisms on growth, mineral nutrient acquisition and
root exudation of soilgrownmaize plants. Mycorrhiza 5(5):321–327
Baath E (1989) Effects of heavy metals in soil on microbial processes and populations: a review.
Water Air Soil Pollut 47:335–379
Baker AJM (1981) Accumulators and excluders strategies in the response of plants to heavy metals.
J Plant Nutr 3:643–654
Baker AJM, Brooks RR (1989) Terrestrial higher plants which hyperaccumulate metallic elementsa review of their distribution, ecology and phytochemistry. Biorecovery 1:81–126
Baker DB, Conradi MS, Re N (1994) Explanation of the high-temperature relaxation anomaly in a
metal-hydrogen system. Phys Rev B 49:11773–11782
Banuelos GS, Cardon G, Mackey B, Ben-Asher J, Wu LP, Beuselinck P, Akohoue S, Zambrzuski S
(1993a) Boron and selenium removal in B-laden soils by four sprinkler irrigated plant species. J
Environ Qual 22(4):786–797
Banuelos GS, Mead RR, Hoffman GJ (1993b) Accumulation of selenium in wild mustard irrigated
with agricultural effluent. Agric Ecosyst Environ 43(2):119–126
Banuelos GS, Shannon MC, Ajwa H, Draper JH, Jordahl J, Licht L (1999) Phytoextraction and
accumulation of boron and selenium by poplar (Populus) hybrid clones. Int J Phytoremed 1
(1):81–96
Barea JM, Pozo MJ, Azcon R, Azcón-Aguilar C (2005) Microbial co-operation in the rhizosphere. J
Exp Bot 56(417):1761–1778
Barrachina AC, Carbonell FB, Beneyto JM (1995) Arsenic uptake, distribution, and accumulation
in tomato plants: effect of arsenite on plant growth and yield. J Plant Nutr 18(6):1237–1250
Barsukova VS, Gamzikova OI (1999) Effects of nickel surplus on the element content in wheat
varieties contrasting in Ni resistance. Agrokhimiya 1:80–85
Bati CB, Santilli E, Lombardo L (2014) Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on growth and on
micronutrient and macronutrient uptake and allocation in olive plantlets growing under high
total Mn levels. Mycorrhiza 25:97–108
Baumeister D, Callaway RM (2006) Facilitation by Pinus flexilis during succession: a hierarchy of
mechanisms benefits other plant species. Ecology 87:1816–1830
174
P. Verma et al.