Application of Phytotechnologies for Cleanup of Industrial, Agricultural, and Wastewater Contamination

As government and community leaders, private companies, citizens, and applied scientists search for low-cost methods to cleanup environmental pollution, phytotechnologies can contribute to the solution by utilizing natural processes to reduce environmental risk. Phytotechnologies use vegetation to m...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kulakow, Peter A. (Editor), Pidlisnyuk, Valentina V. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
Series:NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3592-9
Table of Contents:
  • Preface. General factors influencing application of phytotechnology techniques
  • Capacity building in phytotechnologies
  • Perspectives on Sustainable Agriculture in Ukraine: The Public View
  • A review of recent research developments into the potential for phytoextraction of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from weathered, contaminated soil
  • Elimination of Acute Risks from Obsolete Pesticides in Moldova: Phytoremediation experiment at a former pesticide storehouse
  • Obsolete Pesticides Pollution and Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil in Kazakhstan
  • Phytoremedjan of Soil Polluted with Obsolete Pesticides in Ukraine
  • Arsenic Content In and Uptake By Plants from Arsenic-Contaminated Soil
  • Phytoremediation of Loess Soil Contaminated by Organic Compounds
  • Phytoremediation of Contaminated Groundwater
  • Evapotranspiration Covers for Landfills.