Mechanisms and Strategies for Phytoremediation of Cadmium

INTRODUCTION
    Phytoremediation
    Advantages of  Phytoremediation
    Limitations of Phytoremediation

BIOAVAILABILITY OF CADMIUM 
    Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC)
    pH
    Soil Amendments
    Competitive Cations
    Fertilizer
    Mycorrhizae
    Chelation
       Phytochelatins (PCs)
       Phytochelatin Effectiveness
       Role of Sulfur in PCs
       Oxidative Stress
       Translocation
       Metallothioneins
       Organic Acids
       EDTA / EGTA

CADMIUM TOLERANCE AND
ACCUMULATION IN PLANTS
    Cell Wall Binding
    Reduced Transport
    Compartmentalization
    Chelation
    Phytoextraction factors
       Table 1.  Plant Accumulation
       Hyperaccumulators

CONCLUSIONS

LINKS

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cadmium and Phytoremediation Links
 

Plant Heavy Metal Accumulation - a text database of some plant accumulators.
 

Phytoremediation Projects -US Army Corp of Engineers current 
                                         projects involving phytoremediation.

Phytoremediation Links
 

Health Effects of Cadmium
 
 

Businesses offereing phytoremediation services:
TreeTec                erin consulting               CH2M Hill
 

    

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Page Created 4-18-00
Sam Cox
Department of Horticulture
Colorado State University
samcox@lamar.colostate.edu
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~samcox/index.htm