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Phytoremediation of Arsenic-Contaminated Soils Using Arsenic Hyperaccumulating Ferns

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Arsenic contamination of soils is a global environmental, agricultural, and health issue given to the toxic and carcinogenic nature of As. Several anthropogenic activities, such as mining and smelting, coal combustion, wood preservation, leather tanning operations, and use of As-based pesticides in agriculture, have led to elevated concentrations of As in soil. Therefore, remediation and restoration of As-contaminated soils is imperative for providing safe food and healthy soils. In contrast to conventional (physicochemical) remediation methods, phytoremediation of As-contaminated soils using As-hyperaccumulating fern species has emerged as an eco-friendly, cost-effective, and efficient technology. Since the discovery of As-hyperaccumulator, Pteris vittata L., several other As-hyperaccumulating fern species have been identified in Pteris and Pityrogramma genera which demonstrated the ability to remove As from soil. This review will briefly discuss about the As dynamics and availability in soil; elucidate the mechanisms involved in As tolerance and (hyper)accumulation by ferns/plants for improving the phytoremediation efficiency; evaluate the capacity of As-hyperaccumulating fern species (e.g., P. vittata, Pityrogramma calomelanos) for phytoremediation of As-contaminated soils under pot and field conditions; and discuss how phosphate amendments, microbes, and agronomic practices can increase phytoremediation efficiency of the ferns.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are very grateful to the Grand Challenges Canada–Stars in Global Health (GCC Grant No. S5 0433-01) and International Foundation for Science (IFS Grant No. W/5698-1) for providing financial support, and the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan.

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  1. Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, 38040, Pakistan

    Nabeel Khan Niazi, Safdar Bashir, Irshad Bibi, Muhammad Bilal Shakoor, Zulfiqar Ahmad Saqib & Ghulam Murtaza

  2. Southern Cross GeoScience, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia

    Nabeel Khan Niazi & Irshad Bibi

  3. MARUM and Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, D-28359, Germany

    Nabeel Khan Niazi & Irshad Bibi

  4. Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Vehari, Pakistan

    Behzad Murtaza & Muhammad Shahid

  5. Department of Botany, Government College University, Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Tariq Javed

  6. Department of Forestry and Range Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, 38040, Pakistan

    Muhammad Farrakh Nawaz

  7. Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, 38040, Pakistan

    Zubair Aslam

  8. Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A & F University, Lin’an, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311300, China

    Hailong Wang

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Niazi, N.K. et al. (2016). Phytoremediation of Arsenic-Contaminated Soils Using Arsenic Hyperaccumulating Ferns. In: Ansari, A., Gill, S., Gill, R., Lanza, G., Newman, L. (eds) Phytoremediation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40148-5_19

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