TY - BOOK ID - 7617181 TI - Toxicity of Heavy Metals to Legumes and Bioremediation AU - Zaidi, Almas. AU - Wani, Parvaze Ahmad. AU - Khan, Mohammad Saghir. PY - 2012 SN - 3709116848 3709107296 9786613697455 1280787066 370910730X PB - Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Environmental toxicology. KW - Heavy metals -- Environmental aspects. KW - Heavy metals -- Toxicology. KW - Legumes. KW - Heavy metals KW - Legumes KW - Bioremediation KW - Environmental Remediation KW - Vegetables KW - Waste Management KW - Angiosperms KW - Environmental Pollutants KW - Elements KW - Metals KW - Toxic Actions KW - Embryophyta KW - Inorganic Chemicals KW - Sanitary Engineering KW - Food KW - Environmental Pollution KW - Streptophyta KW - Food and Beverages KW - Chemicals and Drugs KW - Public Health KW - Chemical Actions and Uses KW - Sanitation KW - Technology, Industry, Agriculture KW - Viridiplantae KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Plants KW - Health Care KW - Eukaryota KW - Organisms KW - Biodegradation, Environmental KW - Fabaceae KW - Metals, Heavy KW - Soil Pollutants KW - Botany KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Civil & Environmental Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Ecology KW - Plant Physiology KW - Environmental Engineering KW - Environmental aspects KW - Toxicology KW - Bioremediation. KW - Effect of heavy metals on. KW - Toxicology. KW - Environmental biotechnology KW - Bean family (Plants) KW - Faboideae KW - Leguminosae KW - Lotoideae KW - Papilionaceae KW - Papilionatae KW - Papilionoideae KW - Pea family (Plants) KW - Pulse crops KW - Pulse family (Plants) KW - Life sciences. KW - Agriculture. KW - Applied ecology. KW - Microbiology. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Applied Ecology. KW - Biodegradation KW - Pollution KW - Rosales KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Land use, Rural KW - Microbial biology KW - Biology KW - Microorganisms KW - Environmental protection KW - Nature conservation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7617181 AB - 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. ER -