Contamination of agricultural soils with heavy metals present lethal consequences in terms
of diverse ecological and environmental problems that entail entry of metal in food chain …

Phytoremediation is a green emerging technology used to remove pollutants from
environment components. Mechanisms used to remediate soils contaminated by heavy …

Accumulation of heavy metals especially cobalt (Co) in agricultural fields and water bodies
due to natural as well as anthropogenic factors is major concern. Although it is an important …

Environmental pollution occasioned by artisanal activities and technical failures at
exploration sites has affected mostly oil producing and other mineral resources mining …

Phytoremediation is an age old technology. Recently, it has emerged as one of the most
accepted, economical, eco-friendly and esthetically important strategy adopted for removal …

A pollution-free environment is one of the major challenges of the 21st century. Most
conventional remedial technologies are expensive and cause the pollution of the …

A phytoremediation trial was made to study the use of different plant species to extract Co
and Cr out of contaminated soils. Five plant species tested in this study namely, Panikum …

Heavy metal pollution is the worst form of pollution. As, Ni, Hg, Cd, Cr, Pb and Zn are the
most common toxic metals in soils and water bodies. All these metals are toxic to human …

Salix schwerinii was tested in a pot experiment to assess plant growth performance ie,
relative height and dry biomass and the potential for heavy metal uptake in soils polluted …

Phytoremediation is the bioremediation of contaminated soils and waters by using plants
and their associated microorganisms. Phytoremediation of heavy metal (HM)-contaminated …