Abstract
Heavy metals are toxic and hazardous materials to the environment, and production of agricultural products is declined at acute level. The toxic heavy metals are released from various natural and anthropogenic effects like industrialization. Hence, the removing of toxic elements from the environment is key focus in recent scientific scenario. Various methods of removal have been developed since a decade in which phytoremediation is the use of biological interventions of biodiversity for mitigation of the noxious effects caused by environmental pollutants, aid to the cleansing and facilitating to sustain the agriculture. In this review the following techniques and strategies of phytoremediation are discussed such as phytosequestration, phytodegradation, phytovolatilization, phytostabilization, phytoremediation, phytoextraction, rhizofiltration, rhizoremediation, rhizodeposition, and phytohydraulics to remove the heavy metal pollution in contaminated sites including agricultural lands using plants integrating with ecosystem service providers for sustainable agriculture.
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Dhanam, S. (2017). Strategies of Bioremediation of Heavy Metal Pollutants Toward Sustainable Agriculture. In: Dhanarajan, A. (eds) Sustainable Agriculture towards Food Security. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6647-4_18
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