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Phytoremediation

Phytoremediation is a biological treatment process that uses living plant systems to remove, degrade, or stabilize contaminants such as heavy metals, organic pollutants, and groundwater impurities in soil, sediment, and water through natural mechanisms including uptake, accumulation, and metabolic transformation.

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PHYTOREMEDIATION

David E. Salt, Richard Smith, Ilya Raskin · Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology · 1998 · 2K citations

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Phytoextraction: The Use of Plants To Remove Heavy Metals from Soils

Prabhat Kumar, Harry L. Motto, Ilya Raskin · Environmental Science & Technology · 1995 · 1.4K citations

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Enhanced Accumulation of Pb in Indian Mustard by Soil-Applied Chelating Agents

Michael J. Blaylock, David E. Salt, Slavik Dushenkov et al. · Environmental Science & Technology · 1997 · 1.3K citations

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Phytoextraction of Toxic Metals

Mitch M. Lasat · Journal of Environmental Quality · 2002 · 1.2K citations

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Promises and Prospects of Phytoremediation

Scott D. Cunningham, David W. Ow · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 1996 · 1K citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JV
    Jaco Vangronsveld

    Hasselt University, Belgium

    39 publications · 4.2K citations

    33

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  2. MR
    Muhammad Rizwan

    Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    25 publications · 2.4K citations

    23

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  3. SA
    Shafaqat Ali

    Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    26 publications · 2K citations

    23

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  4. SR
    Siti Rozaimah Sheikh Abdullah

    National University of Malaysia, Malaysia

    31 publications · 1.2K citations

    22

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  5. XY
    Xiaoe Yang

    Zhejiang University, China

    25 publications · 1.8K citations

    21

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Institutions

2.9K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    59 h-index

    592 publications

    38.1K citations

  2. Zhejiang University

    Hangzhou, China

    40 h-index

    266 publications

    18.8K citations

  3. Institute of Soil Science

    Nanjing, China

    34 h-index

    187 publications

    13.5K citations

  4. Hasselt University

    Hasselt, Belgium

    33 h-index

    148 publications

    13.4K citations

  5. Government College University, Faisalabad

    Faisalabad, Pakistan

    32 h-index

    138 publications

    13.7K citations

  6. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    30 h-index

    104 publications

    5.9K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    29 h-index

    159 publications

    7.6K citations

  8. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    29 h-index

    70 publications

    4.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Chemosphere

    203 publications · 13.6K citations

    68

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  2. International Journal of Phytoremediation

    IJP · 422 publications · 16.6K citations

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  3. Journal of Hazardous Materials

    108 publications · 8.7K citations

    58

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  4. Environmental Science and Pollution Research

    ESPR · 242 publications · 10.4K citations

    56

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  5. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    EES · 121 publications · 8.1K citations

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