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Phytoremediation: a novel strategy for the removal of toxic metals from the environment
using plants. Biotechnology 13:468–475
Salt DE, Prince RC, Pickering IJ, Raskin I (1995b) Mechanisms of cadmium mobility and
accumulation in Indian mustard. Plant Physiol 109:1427–1433
Sarwar N, Imran M, Shaheen MR, Ishaq W, Kamran A, Matloob A, Rehim A, Hussain S (2017)
Phytoremediation strategies for soils contaminated with heavy metals: modifications and future
perspectives. Chemosphere 171:710–721
Schmitz RJ et al (2013) Patterns of population epigenomic diversity. Nature 495:193–198
Shi S (2013) Effects of heavy metals on environment and human health. Anhui Agric Sci 41
(14):6425–6426
Sims JT, Pierzynski GM (2000) Assessing the impacts of agricultural, municipal, and industrial
by-products on soil quality. In Power JF, Dick WA (eds) Land application of agricultural,
industrial, and municipal by-products. Soil Science Society of America, Madison, pp 237–262
Singh JS, Abhilash PC, Singh HB, Singh RP, Singh DP (2011) Genetically engineered bacteria: an
emerging tool for environmental remediation and future research perspectives. Gene 480:1–9
Song WY, Sohn EJ, Martinoia E, Lee YJ, Yang YY, Jasinski M, Forestier C, Hwang I, Lee Y
(2003) Engineering tolerance and accumulation of lead and cadmium in transgenic plants. Nat
Biotechnol 21:914–919
Suresh B, Ravishankar GA (2004) Phytoremediation–a novel and promising approach for environmental clean-up. Crit Rev Biotechnol 24:97–124
Taiz L, Zeiger E (2002) Plant physiology, 3rd edn. Sinauer, Sunderland
Tak HI, Ahmad F, Babalola OO (2013) Advances in the application of plant growth-promoting
rhizobacteria in phytoremediation of heavy metals. In: Whitacre DM (ed) Review of environmental contamination and toxicology, vol 223. Springer, Cham
Tandy S, Schulin V, Nowack B (2006) The influence of EDDS on the uptake of heavy metals in
hydroponically grown sunflower. Chemosphere 62:1454–1463
Tinker PB (1984) The role of microorganisms in mediating and facilitating the uptake of plant
nutrients from soil. Plant Soil 76(1–3):77–91
Tripathi RD, Srivastava S, Mishra S, Singh N, Tuli R, Gupta DK, Maathuis FJM (2007) Arsenic
hazards: strategies for tolerance and remediation by plants. Trends Biotechnol 25:158–165
Tu S, Ma L, Luongo T (2004) Root exudates and arsenic accumulation in arsenic
hyperaccumulating Pteris vittata and non-hyperaccumulating Nephrolepis exaltata. Plant Soil
258:9–19
Umrania VV (2006) Bioremediation of toxic heavy metals using acidothermophilic autotrophes.
Bioresour Technol 97:1237–1242
Vidali M (2001) Bioremediation. An overview. Pure Appl Chem 73:1163–1172
Vogeli-Lange R, Wagner GJ (1990) Sub-cellular localization of cadmium and cadmium-binding
peptides in tobacco leaves: implication of a transport function for cadmium binding peptides.
Plant Physiol 92:1086–1093
Volkering F, Breure AM, Rulkens WH (1998) Microbiological aspects of surfactant use for
biological soil remediation. Biodegradation 8:401–417
Wei S, Zhou Q, Wang X (2005) Identification of weed plants excluding the uptake of heavy metals.
Environ Int 31:829–834
Wu CH, Wood TK, Mulchandani A, Chen W (2006) Engineering plant-microbe symbiosis for
rhizoremediation of heavy metals. Appl Environ Microbiol 72:1129–1134
Wu G, Kang H, Zhang X, Shao H, Chu L, Ruan C (2010) A critical review on the bio-removal of
hazardous heavy metals from contaminated soils: issues, progress, eco-environmental concerns
and opportunities. J Hazard Mater 174:1–8
Yang J, Kloepper JW, Ryu CM (2009) Rhizosphere bacteria help plants tolerate abiotic stress.
Trends Plant Sci 14:1–4
Zacchini M, Pietrini F, Mugnozza GS, Iori V, Pietrosanti L, Massacci A (2009) Metal tolerance,
accumulation and translocation in poplar and willow clones treated with cadmium in hydroponics. Water Air Soil Pollut 197:23–34
112
M. K. Awasthi et al.