Book ID: 89684
Kvestitadze, G., G. Khatisashvili, T. Sadunishvili and J. Ramsden
Biochemical Mechanisms of Detoxification in Higher Plants. Basis of Phytoremediation. 2006. 96 figs. 8 tabs. X, 262 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This book shows howsystematic application of the results of investigations into the metabolism of xenobiotics (foreign, often toxic substances) in plantscould make a vastly increased contribution to planetary well-being. Deepphysiological knowledge gained from an accumulation of experimental dataenables the great differences between the detoxifying abilities ofdifferent plants for compounds of different chemical nature to be optimally exploited. Hence planting could be far more systematicallyadapted to actual environmental needs than is actually the case atpresent.