Biochemical Mechanisms of Detoxification in Higher Plants [E-Book] : Basis of Phytoremediation / by George Kvesitadze, Gia Khatisashvili, Tinatin Sadunishvili, Jeremy J. Ramsden.
Plants play a key role in purifying the biosphere of the toxic effects of industrial activity. This book shows how systematic application of the results of investigations into the metabolism of xenobiotics (foreign, often toxic substances) in plants could make a vastly increased contribution to plan...
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Personal Name(s): | Kvesitadze, George. author |
Khatisashvili, Gia. author / Ramsden, Jeremy J. author / Sadunishvili, Tinatin. author | |
Imprint: |
Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer,
2006
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Physical Description: |
X, 256 p. 96 illus. online resource. |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9783540289975 |
DOI: |
10.1007/3-540-28997-6 |
Subject (LOC): |
- Contaminants in the environment
- Uptake, translocation and effects of contaminants in plants
- The fate of organic contaminants in the plant cell
- The ecological importance of plants for contaminated environments.