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Title: Toxicity of Heavy Metals to Legumes and Bioremediation
Author : Almas Zaidi, Parvaze Ahmad Wani & Mohammad Saghir Khan
Release Date : January 19, 2012
Genre: Ecology,Books,Science & Nature,Professional & Technical,Engineering,Life Sciences,
Pages : * pages
Size : 2525 KB

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This title discusses various effects of heavy metal exposure to legumes as well as the bioremediation potential of rhizosphere microbes. Availability of heavy metals, their uptake and the effects of metals on germination and various physiological functions of plants including legumes are presented. Furthermore, the effects of heavy metals to nitrogen fixing microorganisms and how microsymbionts can overcome metal stress is presented in detail. The influence of glutathione on the tolerance of Rhizobium leguminosarum to cadmium is discussed. The role of nitrogen fixers in decontamination of heavy metal toxicity, mycoremediation of metal contaminated soils, microbially mediated transformation of heavy metals and action of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and nitrogen fixers together in detoxifying heavy metals are broadly explained. This volume is a useful tool for scientists, policy makers and progressive legume growers intending to develop safe and healthy legumes for future generations.