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Heavy Metal Stress in Plants

  • Brings very depth knowledge in the field of heavy metal toxicity in plants in recent years
  • Presents comprehensive and concise information on recent advances in the field of metal transport and how genetic diversity affects heavy metal transport in plants
  • Written by international experts
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Metalloenzymes Involved in the Metabolism of Reactive Oxygen Species and Heavy Metal Stress

    • José M. Palma, Dharmendra K. Gupta, Francisco J. Corpas
    Pages 1-17
  3. Metal Transporters in Plants

    • Ondrej Zitka, Olga Krystofova, David Hynek, Pavlina Sobrova, Jozef Kaiser, Jiri Sochor et al.
    Pages 19-41
  4. Biochemistry of Metals/Metalloids Toward Remediation Process

    • Magdalena Victoria Monferrán, Daniel Alberto Wunderlin
    Pages 43-71
  5. Role of Phytochelatins in Heavy Metal Stress and Detoxification Mechanisms in Plants

    • Dharmendra Kumar Gupta, Hildegarde Vandenhove, Masahiro Inouhe
    Pages 73-94
  6. Detoxification and Tolerance of Heavy Metal in Tobacco Plants

    • Huagang Huang, Yan Shen, B. H. N. Razafindrabe, Sanjay Kumar Chaudhary, Dharmendra Kumar Gupta
    Pages 95-110
  7. Heavy Metal Uptake and Tolerance of Charophytes

    • Takashi Asaeda, Tanjeena Zaman
    Pages 111-120
  8. Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Lead Uptake, Toxicity and Detoxification in Higher Plants

    • B. Pourrut, M. Shahid, F. Douay, C. Dumat, E. Pinelli
    Pages 121-147
  9. Metallomics and Metabolomics of Plants Under Environmental Stress Caused by Metals

    • J. L. Gómez Ariza, T. García-Barrera, M. A. García-Sevillano, M. González-Fernández, V. Gómez-Jacinto
    Pages 173-201
  10. Biogeochemical Cycling of Arsenic in Soil–Plant Continuum: Perspectives for Phytoremediation

    • Hossain M. Anawar, A. García-Sánchez, M. Zabed Hossain
    Pages 203-224
  11. Evaluation of the Potential of Salt Marsh Plants for Metal Phytoremediation in Estuarine Environment

    • C. Marisa R. Almeida, A. Cristina Rocha, Ana P. Mucha, M. Teresa S. D. Vasconcelos
    Pages 225-239
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 241-242

About this book

Plants possess a range of potential cellular mechanisms that may be involved in the detoxification of heavy metals and thus tolerance to metal stress. Metal toxicity causes multiple direct and indirect effects in plants that concern practically all physiological functions. The main purpose of this book is to present comprehensive and concise information on recent advances in the field of metal transport and how genetic diversity affects heavy metal transport in plants. Other key futures of the book are related to metal toxicity and detoxification mechanisms, biochemical tools for HM remediation processes, molecular mechanisms for HM detoxification, how metallomics and metalloproteomics are affected by heavy metal stress in plants, and the role of ROS metabolism in the alleviation of heavy metals. Some chapters also focus on recent developments in the field of phytoremediation. Overall the book presents in-depth information and the most essential advances in the field of heavy metal toxicity in plants in recent years.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Bioquímica Biología Celular y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental Del Zaidín CSIC, Granada, Spain

    Dharmendra K. Gupta

  • Departamento de Bioquímica Biol. Cellular y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín CSIC, Granada, Spain

    Francisco J. Corpas, José M. Palma

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Heavy Metal Stress in Plants

  • Editors: Dharmendra K. Gupta, Francisco J. Corpas, José M. Palma

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38469-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-38468-4Published: 14 August 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43277-4Published: 23 August 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-38469-1Published: 04 August 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 242

  • Topics: Plant Physiology, Plant Biochemistry, Agriculture

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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