Arsenic in Environments and Plants: Management and Remediation Strategies is a comprehensive resource that details all aspects of its contamination as an emerging threat to soil, plants and water. Sections cover arsenic distribution in groundwater, transfer from soil to plants and features of plant uptake, along with effective and eco-friendly management and remedial options for arsenic-contaminated soil and water, such as sorption of arsenic from water using organic materials (biosorbents, biochar) and inorganic materials (iron oxides, manganese oxides nanoparticles etc.). This is an essential read for plant scientists and environmentalists interested in broadening their knowledge.
Phytoremediation of arsenic contaminated soil, bioremediation of contaminated water and soil using microbial fauna, removal of arsenic in constructed wetlands and arsenic immobilization in soil by application of organic and inorganic amendments are also covered.
Table of Contents
1. World scenario of arsenic an overview2. Sources of arsenic in the environment
3. Biogeochemistry of arsenic
4. Arsenic contamination in water and soil
5. Fate of arsenic in water, soil and plants
6. Human health implication of arsenic
7. Human health risk assessment of arsenic in food and water
8. Arsenic in rice recent advances
9. Arsenic uptake and transportation in plants
10. Water and nutrient imbalance under arsenic stress
11. Effect of arsenic on morphological and physiological features of plants
12. Effect of arsenic on crop yield and quality
13. Arsenic induced reactive oxygen species stress in plants
14. Antioxidant defence system in plants in response to arsenic stress
15. Biomarkers of arsenic phytotoxicity
16. Adaptive and tolerance mechanisms in plants exposed to arsenic
17. Molecular approaches in developing arsenic tolerance in plants
18. Sorption of arsenic using organic and inorganic materials from contaminated water
19. Potential of coagulation process in treatment of arsenic-contaminated water
20. Phytormediation of arsenic-contaminated water and soil
21. Bioremediation of arsenic-contaminated water and soil using microbiota
22. hyperaccumulation mechanism
23. Removal of arsenic in constructed wetlands
24. Application of organic and inorganic amendments for soil arsenic immobilization
25. soil invertebrates