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Int J Phytoremediation 4:87–100
Braud A, Jézéquel K, Bazot S, Lebeau T (2009) Enhanced phytoextraction of an agricultural Cr-and
Pb-contaminated soil by bioaugmentation with siderophore-producing bacteria. Chemosphere
74(2):280–286
Bruins MR, Kapil S, Oehme FW (2000) Microbial resistance to metals in the environment.
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 45(3):198–207
Chand S, Pandey A, Patra DD (2012a) Influence of nickel and lead applied in combination with
vermicompost on growth and accumulation of heavy metals by Mentha arvensis Linn.
cv.‘Kosi’. Indian J Nat Prod Resour 3:256–261
Chand S, Pandey A, Patra DD (2012b) Influence of vermicompost on dry matter yield and uptake of
Ni and Cd by chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) in Ni-and Cd-Polluted Soil. Water Air Soil
Pollut 223(5):2257–2262
Chaney RL, Angle JS, Broadhurst CL, Peters CA, Tappero RV, Sparks DL (2007) Improved
understanding of hyperaccumulation yields commercial phytoextraction and phytomining technologies. J Environ Qual 36(5):1429–1443
Chaturvedi R, Favas P, Pratas J, Varun M, Paul MS (2019) EDTA-assisted metal uptake in
Raphanus sativus L. and Brassica oleracea L.: assessment of toxicity and food safety. Bull
Environ Contam Toxicol 103(3):490–495
Chen Q, Zhang X, Liu Y, Wei J, Shen W, Shen Z, Cui J (2017) Hemin-mediated alleviation of zinc,
lead and chromium toxicity is associated with elevated photosynthesis, antioxidative capacity;
suppressed metal uptake and oxidative stress in rice seedlings. Plant Growth Regul 81
(2):253–264
Cheng J, Wong MH (2008) Effects of earthworm (Pheretima sp.) on three sequential ryegrass
harvests for remediating lead/zinc mine tailings. Int J Phytoremediation 10(3):173–184
Dai H, Cao F, Chen X, Zhang M, Ahmed IM, Chen ZH et al (2013) Comparative proteomic analysis
of aluminum tolerance in Tibetan wild and cultivated barleys. PLoS One 8(5):e63428
Dandan W, Huixin L, Feng H, Xia W (2007) Role of earthworm-straw interactions on
phytoremediation of Cu contaminated soil by ryegrass. Acta Ecol Sin 27(4):1292–1298
Drake HL, Horn MA (2007) As the worm turns: the earthworm gut as a transient habitat for soil
microbial biomes. Annu Rev Microbiol 61:169–189
Du YL, He MM, Xu M, Yan ZG, Zhou YY, Guo GL et al (2014) Interactive effects between
earthworms and maize plants on the accumulation and toxicity of soil cadmium. Soil Biol
Biochem 72:193–202
Dubey S, Shri M, Gupta A, Rani V, Chakrabarty D (2018) Toxicity and detoxification of heavy
metals during plant growth and metabolism. Environ Chem Lett 16(4):1169–1192
El-Meihy RM, Abou-Aly HE, Youssef AM, Tewfike TA, El-Alkshar EA (2019) Efficiency of
heavy metals-tolerant plant growth promoting bacteria for alleviating heavy metals toxicity on
sorghum. Environ Exp Bot 162:295–301
Elyamine A, Moussa M, Ismael M, Wei J, Zhao Y, Wu Y, Hu C (2018) Earthworms, rice straw, and
plant interactions change the organic connections in soil and promote the decontamination of
cadmium in soil. Int J Environ Res Public Health 15(11):2398
Emamverdian A, Ding Y, Mokhberdoran F, Xie Y (2015) Heavy metal stress and some mechanisms of plant defense response. Sci World J 2015:756120
Fatima H, Ahmed A (2018) Micro-remediation of chromium contaminated soils. Peer J 6:e6076 0
Führs H, Specht A, Erban A, Kopka J, Horst WJ (2011) Functional associations between the
metabolome and manganese tolerance in Vigna unguiculata. J Exp Bot 63(1):329–340
Gadd GM (2010) Metals, minerals and microbes: geomicrobiology and bioremediation. Microbiology 156(3):609–643
Giasson P, Jaouich A, Cayer P, Gagné S, Moutoglis P, Massicotte L (2006) Enhanced
phytoremediation: A study of mycorrhizoremediation of heavy metal–contaminated soil.
Remed J Environ Cleanup Costs Technol Techn 17(1):97–110
240
P. Sharma et al.