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Biogeochemical Processes in the Rhizosphere: Role in Phytoremediation of Metal-Polluted Soils

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Heavy Metal Stress in Plants

Abstract

According to most legislative schemes, a soil may require remediation if certain concentrations of one or more heavy metals is exceeded in a designated part (topsoil, subsoil) of the soil profile. A multitude of remediation technologies has been developed for clean-up of heavy-metal-polluted soils (Iskandar and Adriano 1997; Pierzynski 1997). Classic methods, such as excavation, thermal treatment and chemical soil washing are typically expensive and destructive.

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