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This document reviews phytoextraction, an emerging technology using plants to remove toxic metals from contaminated soils. Phytoextraction relies on plants transferring metals from the soil to their harvestable shoots. There are two main approaches - using hyperaccumulator plants that naturally accumulate high levels of metals, and enhancing accumulation in high biomass crop plants through chemical amendments. The review discusses how root exudates and organic acids can increase metal availability and uptak

Author
Iolanda Veronica
Language
EN