Soils polluted with heavy metals have become common across the globe due to increase in
geologic and anthropogenic activities. Plants growing on these soils show a reduction in …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses that involve most plants and Glomeromycota fungi are
integral and functional parts of plant roots. In these associations, the fungi not only colonize …

Increased soil pollution with heavy metals due to various human and natural activities has
led to a growing need to address environmental contamination. Some remediation …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are considered as a potential biotechnological tool for
improving phytostabilization efficiency and plant tolerance to heavy metal-contaminated …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) associations are integral, functioning parts of plant roots and
are widely recognized as enhancing plant growth on severely disturbed sites, including …

Use of plants, with hyperaccumulating ability or in association with soil microbes including
the symbiotic fungi, arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM), are among the most common biological …

Heavy metals are natural elements that are found at various high background levels (Table
1.1) at different places throughout the world, due to various concentrations in the bedrock …

Bioaugmentation-assisted phytoextraction is a promising method for the cleaning-up of soils
contaminated by metals. Bacteria mainly Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) and …

Heavy metal pollution is a major worldwide environmental concern that has recently
motivated researchers to develop a variety of novel approaches towards its cleanup. As an …

Human activities generate wastes, some of which contain large amounts of heavy
metals/metalloids that could enter natural ecosystems and alter the activities and functioning …