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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.

Environmental toxicology. --- Heavy metals -- Environmental aspects. --- Heavy metals -- Toxicology. --- Legumes. --- Heavy metals --- Legumes --- Bioremediation --- Environmental Remediation --- Vegetables --- Waste Management --- Angiosperms --- Environmental Pollutants --- Elements --- Metals --- Toxic Actions --- Embryophyta --- Inorganic Chemicals --- Sanitary Engineering --- Food --- Environmental Pollution --- Streptophyta --- Food and Beverages --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Public Health --- Chemical Actions and Uses --- Sanitation --- Technology, Industry, Agriculture --- Viridiplantae --- Environment and Public Health --- Plants --- Health Care --- Eukaryota --- Organisms --- Biodegradation, Environmental --- Fabaceae --- Metals, Heavy --- Soil Pollutants --- Botany --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Ecology --- Plant Physiology --- Environmental Engineering --- Environmental aspects --- Toxicology --- Bioremediation. --- Effect of heavy metals on. --- Toxicology. --- Environmental biotechnology --- Bean family (Plants) --- Faboideae --- Leguminosae --- Lotoideae --- Papilionaceae --- Papilionatae --- Papilionoideae --- Pea family (Plants) --- Pulse crops --- Pulse family (Plants) --- Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Applied ecology. --- Microbiology. --- Life Sciences. --- Applied Ecology. --- Biodegradation --- Pollution --- Rosales --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Microorganisms --- Environmental protection --- Nature conservation