Plant Responses to Soil Pollution / edited by Pratibha Singh, Sunita Kumari Singh, Sheo Mohan Prasad.
Singh, Pratibha. editor.; Singh, Sunita Kumari. editor.; Prasad, Sheo Mohan. editor.
2020
QK1-989
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Title
Plant Responses to Soil Pollution / edited by Pratibha Singh, Sunita Kumari Singh, Sheo Mohan Prasad.
Edition
1st ed. 2020.
ISBN
9811549648
9789811549649
981154963X
9789811549632
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4964-9
Published
Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (XXI, 248 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-15-4964-9 doi
Call Number
QK1-989
Dewey Decimal Classification
580
Summary
Soil is a vital support system for all life forms, and is directly or indirectly exposed to various pollutants and harmful chemicals. Any pollutant entering the soil system not only affects the quality of the soil, but also the plants and crops growing in it. Further, soil pollution has far-reaching impacts, since harmful chemicals can become biomagnified and enter the food chain, causing severe health concerns. Degraded soils can adversely affect various plant systems by creating biotic and abiotic stress, which increases the chances of biochemical and physiological disorders. Chronic diseases and lower yield have been reported as consequences of soil pollution. Drawing on decades of soil-related research, this book focuses on soil pollution, types of soil pollutants, and their impacts on plant physiological and biochemical systems, along with crop productivity. The book begins with a brief introduction to soil pollution and continues with a discussion of the different types and their effects, together with remediation methods. It highlights various sources of soil pollution such as herbicides, acidification, chemical fertilizers, sewage sludge, heavy metals, and radioactive pollutants. It also covers plant responses to combinations of pollutants, effects of pollutants on plant ultrastructure, interactions between pollutants and plant diseases, and interactions between pollutants and agricultural practices. In closing, it addresses the challenges involved in the restoration of degraded land, side effects of agricultural practices in the form of greenhouse gases, and strategies for mitigating these effects. Plant Responses to Soil Pollution offers an essential guide for students, environmental consultants, researchers and other professionals involved in soil and plant-related research.
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Singh, Pratibha. editor.
Singh, Sunita Kumari. editor.
Prasad, Sheo Mohan. editor.
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Chapter 1: Soil Acidification and Its Impact on Plants
Chapter 2: Challenges to Organic farming in Restoration of Degraded Land in India
Chapter 3: Biochemical and Molecular Responses of Plants exposed to Radioactive Pollutants
Chapter 4: Cadmium: A Threatening Agent for Plants
Chapter 5: Effect of Soil Polluted by Heavy Metals: Effect on Plants, Bioremediation and adoptive evolution in plants
Chapter 6: Plant Responses to Sewage Pollution
Chapter 7: Soil Pollution caused by Agricultural Practices and Strategies to Manage Them
Chapter 8: Inorganic Soil Contaminants and their Biological Remediation
Chapter 9: Phytoremediation of pollutants from soil
Chapter 10: Impacts of Soil Pollution on Human Health with Special Reference to Human Physiognomy and Physiology
Chapter 11: Impact of Herbicide Use on Soil Microorganisms
Chapter 12: Biological Magnification of Soil Pollutants
Chapter 13: Soil Pollution and Human Health
Chapter 14: Emission of Greenhouse Gases from Soil: An Assessment of Agricultural Management Practices.

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