Keywords:
Environmental engineering.
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Biotechnology.
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Bioremediation.
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Environmental health.
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Biogeography.
Description / Table of Contents:
Chromium: Sources, speciation, toxicity and chemistry -- Chromium dynamics in the soil-plant continuum -- Distribution of Cr in soil and its uptake by plants -- Chromium profile in soil, fodders and plasma of crossbreed cattle -- Speciation, chemistry, geogenic formation and dispersion of Chromium in groundwater -- Health risk linked to Cr toxicity in food and environment -- Health impacts of Cr contamination on human health -- A critical evaluation of chromium (III) ecotoxicity to aquatic and terrestrial plants -- Antioxidant defense: A key mechanism of Cr tolerance -- Effects and responses of Cr in plants -- Molecular mechanisms of chromium tolerance in plants: a key role of antioxidant defense -- Microbial remediation technologies for chromium removal: Mechanism, challenges and Future prospect -- Employing microbes for Cr removal -- Toxicity of rhizospheric chromium contaminated soil and its phytoremediation -- Phytoremediation Cr from soil/water -- Genetic engineering for Cr removal -- Toxicity of hexavalent Chromium: A review.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 479 p. 63 illus., 44 illus. in color.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2023.
ISBN:
9783031440298
Series Statement:
Environmental Science and Engineering
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44029-8
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-031-44029-8
Language:
English
