Organic Xenobiotics and Plants : From Mode of Action to Ecophysiology - Schröder, Peter; Collins, Christopher D.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011)
Preface -- Part I. PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPORT, DEPOSITION AND UPTAKE. 1. Plant Uptake of Xenobiotics; C. Collins et al -- 2. Haloorganics in temperate forest ecosystems: sources, transport and degradation; N. Clarke et al -- 3. Semivolatiles in the forest environment; C.A. Belis et al -- Part II. CASE STUDIES. 4. A case study: Uptake and Accumulation of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Cucurbitaceae species; A. Bittsánszky et al -- 5. Trichloroacetic acid in the forest ecosystem. Introduction; M. Matucha, P. Schröder -- 6. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Switzerland related to long-range transboundary transport; R. Herzig et al -- Part III. POLLUTANT DEGRADATION AND ECOSYSTEM REMEDIATION FROM ENZYMES TO WHOLE PLANTS. 7. New perspectives on the metabolism and detoxification of synthetic compounds in plants; R. Edwards et al -- 8. Using plants to remove foreign compounds from contaminated water and soil. Introduction; J.-P. Schwitzguébel et al -- 9. Biodegradation of Organic Xenobiotic Pollutants in the Rhizosphere; H. Azaizeh et al -- 10. Bioindicators and Biomonitors: Use of organisms to observe the influence of chemicals on the environment; B. Markert et al -- 11. SAR Based Computational Models as Decision Making Tools in Bioremediation; N. Price, Q. Chaudhry -- 12. State-of-the-art Chemical Analyses: Xenobiotics, Plant Proteomics, and Residues in Plant Based Products; T. Solouki et al -- Index.-.
Keywords: Plant physiology; Ecotoxicology; Agriculture; Environmental engineering; Biotechnology; Plant ecology; Plant Physiology; Ecotoxicology; Agriculture; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Plant Ecology