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The increase of heavy metals in natural resources, including land and water has been rapidly raised due to a variety of natural methods, higher agricultural activities, contaminated irrigation water, speedy industrial development, amplified industrial wastes and mining. Heavy metals (HM) are able to remain in the environment longer time and go in t...
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... different phytoremediation techniques are briefly described below (Figure 1) -Phytoextraction: Phytoextraction is one of the most significant phytoremediation methods to recover HMs from contaminated land, wastewater, and sediments. It is also known as phytoaccumulation, in which the HMs are taken by the roots and then moved to its different above-ground parts like shoots etc. Various factors may have an impact on how plants absorb heavy metals. ...
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