Author(s): Neil Willey
Series: Methods in Biotechnology
Publisher: Humana P.,U.S.
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 468
Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
I - MANIPULATING PHENOTYPES AND EXPLOITING BIODIVERSITY......Page 16
1 Genetic Engineering of Plants for Phytoremediation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls......Page 17
2 Increasing Plant Tolerance to Metals in the Environment......Page 28
3 Using Quantitative Trait Loci Analysis to Select Plants for Altered Radionuclide Accumulation......Page 40
4 Detoxification of Soil Phenolic Pollutants by Plant Secretory Enzyme......Page 61
5 Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction to Quantify Gene Expression in Plants Exposed to Radioactivity......Page 70
6 Plant Phylogeny and the Remediation of Persistent Organic Pollutants......Page 82
7 Producing Mycorrhizal Inoculum for Phytoremediation......Page 99
8 Implementing Phytoremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons......Page 108
9 Uptake, Assimilation, and Novel Metabolism of Nitrogen Dioxide in Plants......Page 118
II - MANIPULATING CONTAMINANT AVAILABILITY AND DEVELOPING RESEARCH TOOLS......Page 128
10 Testing the Manipulation of Soil Availability of Metals......Page 129
11 Testing Amendments for Increasing Soil Availability of Radionuclides......Page 138
12 Using Electrodics to Aid Mobilization of Lead in Soil......Page 145
13 Stable Isotope Methods for Estimating the Labile Metal Content of Soils......Page 154
14 In Vitro Hairy Root Cultures as a Tool for Phytoremediation Research......Page 165
15 Sectored Planters for Phytoremediation Studies......Page 178
16 Phytoremediation With Living Aquatic Plants - Development and Modeling of Experimental Observations......Page 187
17 Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy - Methodology and Potential for Predicting Trace Elements in Plants......Page 206
III - CURRENT RESEARCH TOPICS IN PHYTOREMEDIATION......Page 219
18 Using Hydroponic Bioreactors to Assess Phytoremediation Potential of Perchlorate......Page 220
19 Using Plant Phylogeny to Predict Detoxification of Triazine Herbicides......Page 232
20 Exploiting Plant Metabolism for the Phytoremediation of Organic Xenobiotics......Page 249
21 Searching for Genes Involved in Metal Tolerance, Uptake, and Transport......Page 262
22 Manipulating Soil Metal Availability Using EDTA and Low-Molecular-Weight Organic Acids......Page 287
23 Soils Contaminated With Radionuclides - Some Insights for Phytoextraction of Inorganic Contaminants......Page 300
24 Assessing Plants for Phytoremediation of Arsenic-Contaminated Soils......Page 313
IV CONTEXTS AND UTILIZATION OF PHYTOREMEDIATION......Page 342
25 Phytoremediation in China - Inorganics......Page 343
26 Phytoremediation in China - Organics......Page 372
27 Phytoremediation of Arsenic-Contaminated Soil in China......Page 383
28 Phytoremediation in Portugal - Present and Future......Page 395
29 Phytoremediation in Russia......Page 412
30 Phytoremediation in India......Page 424
31 Phytoremediation in New Zealand and Australia......Page 444
Index......Page 458
