Foliar heavy metal uptake, toxicity and detoxification in plants: A comparison of foliar and root metal uptake

M Shahid, C Dumat, S Khalid, E Schreck… - Journal of hazardous …, 2017 - Elsevier
Anthropologic activities have transformed global biogeochemical cycling of heavy metals by
emitting considerable quantities of these metals into the atmosphere from diverse sources …

Phytoremediation as a potential technique for vehicle hazardous pollutants around highways

K Guo, L Yan, Y He, H Li, SS Lam, W Peng… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the synchronous development of highway construction and the urban economy,
automobiles have entered thousands of households as essential means of transportation …

Determination of changes in heavy metal accumulation depending on plant species, plant organism, and traffic density in some landscape plants

H Sevik, HB Ozel, M Cetin, HU Özel… - Air Quality, Atmosphere & …, 2019 - Springer
The level of pollution has reached the dimensions that threaten human health, with the rapid
urbanization and the increase of energy consumption especially in developing countries …

Experimental examination of effectiveness of vegetation as bio-filter of particulate matters in the urban environment

L Chen, C Liu, R Zou, M Yang, Z Zhang - Environmental Pollution, 2016 - Elsevier
Studies focused on pollutants deposition on vegetation surfaces or aerodynamics of
vegetation space conflict in whether vegetation planting can effectively reduce airborne …

The use of perennial needles as biomonitors for recently accumulated heavy metals

A Turkyilmaz, H Sevik, M Cetin - Landscape and Ecological Engineering, 2018 - Springer
The measurement of heavy metal concentrations in plants is important both for determining
their ability to remove these pollutants from the air to increase its quality, and for the …

Air pollution tolerance index and heavy metal bioaccumulation in selected plant species from urban biotopes

A Nadgórska–Socha, M Kandziora-Ciupa, M Trzęsicki… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
This research was carried out on plants Taraxacum officinale, Plantago lanceolata, Betula
pendula and Robinia pseudoacacia growing in urban biotopes with different levels of heavy …

Heavy metals accumulation in suburban roadside plants of a tropical area (Jengka, Malaysia)

FR Sulaiman, HA Hamzah - Ecological processes, 2018 - Springer
Introduction This study aims to examine the uptake and translocation of Cd, Cu, Fe, and Pb
in different parts of three roadside plant species grown in the semi-urban of Jengka, Pahang …

[图书][B] Green infrastructure: incorporating plants and enhancing biodiversity in buildings and urban environments

JW Dover - 2015 - taylorfrancis.com
With more than half of the world's population now living in urban areas, it is vitally important
that towns and cities are healthy places to live. The principal aim of this book is to synthesize …

Using plane tree leaves for biomonitoring of dust borne heavy metals: a case study from Isfahan, Central Iran

S Norouzi, H Khademi, AF Cano, JA Acosta - Ecological indicators, 2015 - Elsevier
Limited studies have been conducted on atmospheric dust pollution due to high cost of
instrumental monitoring and difficulties in associated sampling methods. In this study, the …

Heavy metal in leaves of twelve plant species from seven different areas in Shanghai, China

J Liang, HL Fang, TL Zhang, XX Wang… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2017 - Elsevier
Concentrations of heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Pb and Cd) were measured in leaves of twelve
plant species from seven different locations in Shanghai, China. Unwashed and washed …