Hazardous and Trace Materials in Soil and Plants Sources, Effects, and Management

The combined impacts of climate change and industrialization have led to increased and diversified threats to the health of the soil in which our food crops are grown, as well as in the plants themselves. This dual-hazard scenario is increasingly recognized as a threat to not just the environment, but to global food security as agricultural soils contaminated with pollutants alter plant metabolism, thus resulting in reduced crop quality and production quantity.
Addresses the challenges of mitigating toxic substances in plants, including agricultural cropsPresents current status and future prospects for managing biotic and abiotic environmental stress factors through plant stress tolerance mechanismsIncludes chapters that address both biotic and abiotic stresses, agricultural and environmental science, toxicology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and molecular studiesIntegrates insights and developments between environmental and plant science