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Role of White Willow (Salix alba L.) for Cleaning Up the Toxic Metal Pollution

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Plants in urban territories assume a fundamental job to purify the contamination in human conditions. Quickly developing biomass plants, for example, Salix species, are promising for use in phytoremediation of defiled land. It is realized that substantial metals are taken up and translocated by plants to various degrees. The section portrays the decision of eco-accommodating Salix alba species and their correct situation in the urban condition to defeat the contamination issues. White willow imitations can aggregate generous measures of Cd and Zn in the over-the-ground biomass and have along these lines been tried for phytoextraction of decently polluted soils. This section likewise audits the potential for the phytoremediation of substantial metal-defiled land by the Salix alba. The perspectives from various examinations on Salix alba have been utilized to exhibit the limit and plausibility of utilizing it in phytoextraction. Consequently, to augment phytoextraction productivity, it is critical to choose a quickly developing and high biomass plant with high take-up of substantial metals, which is additionally perfect with motorized development systems and neighborhood climate conditions.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Government Degree College, Bijbehara, Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Junaid Ahmad Malik & Khursheed Ahmad Wani

  2. Directorate of Sericulture Development Department, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Aadil Abdullah Wani

  3. Department of Zoology and Applied Aquaculture, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Muzaffer Ahmad Bhat

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Princess Dr. Najla Bint Saud Al-Saud, Center for Excellence Research in Biotechnology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Khalid Rehman Hakeem

  2. Department of Environmental Science, Cluster University, Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

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Malik, J.A., Wani, A.A., Wani, K.A., Bhat, M.A. (2020). Role of White Willow (Salix alba L.) for Cleaning Up the Toxic Metal Pollution. In: Hakeem, K., Bhat, R., Qadri, H. (eds) Bioremediation and Biotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35691-0_12

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