Impact of cesium on plants and the environment. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dharmendra K. Gupta, Clemens Walther, editors.
• Editors: (Phytoremediation researcher), Gupta, Dharmendra Kumar; Walther, Clemens
• Contents: Distribution of cesium in soil and its uptake by plants -- Factors influencing the soil to plant transfer of radiocaesium -- Role of mycorrhizal fungi in cesium uptake by plants -- Influence of biologically active preparations on Cs-137 transition to plants from soil in the territories contaminated as the result of Chernobyl accident -- The distribution of 137Cs in selected compartments of coniferous forests in the Czech Republic -- Cesium uptake in plants: Mechanism, regulation and application for phytoremediation -- Effective half-lives of radiocesium in terrestrial plants observed after nuclear power plant accidents -- Cultivar difference and fertilizer effects on radioactive cesium accumulation in rice grown in Fukushima paddy field from 2011 to 2014 -- Distribution of 137Cs between the components of pine forest of Charnobyl NPP exclusion zone -- Cesium accumulation by aquatic plants and algae -- Regularities of accumulation of Cs-137 and other radionuclides in the aquatic vegetation in the territory of South-Ural biogeochemical province of technogenic radioactive isotopes -- Radiocesium phytotoxicity to single cell and higher plants -- Sorbents for radiocaesium removal from natural water and soil -- Analysis of transfer factor, anatomical changes and growth of plants during phytoremediation of cesium contaminated solutions -- Remediation of areas contaminated by caesium: Basic mechanisms behind remedial options and experience in application.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 319 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 632/.19; Environment; Plants -- Radioactive contamination; Cesium -- Isotopes; Radioactive pollution; Bioremediation; Environmental management; Plant diseases; Bioremediation; Cesium -- Isotopes; Plants -- Radioactive contamination; Radioactive pollution; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General; Technology & Engineering -- Environmental -- General; Technology & Engineering -- Power Resources -- Nuclear; Science -- Life Sciences -- Botany; Environmental management; Nuclear power & engineering; Plant pathology & diseases; Science -- Environmental Science; Environmental monitoring; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319415253; 3319415255
• Related ISBNs: 9783319415246; 3319415247
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 29, 2016).
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