Sumira Jan Livres

The study explores Brassica juncea's potential as a hyperaccumulator of chromium, a toxic element with varying effects based on its oxidation state. It examines how chromium influences antioxidant enzymes and metabolites at different growth stages of Indian mustard. Results indicate that chromium accumulation in the plant's roots, stems, and leaves increases with age. The research intentionally focuses on an edible crop to facilitate site remediation while ensuring the production of uncontaminated seeds for future cultivation.

Exploring the intricate relationship between metabolic processes and environmental factors, this book delves into ecometabolomics, highlighting how metabolic fluxes interact with stoichiometry in ecosystems. It presents a comprehensive framework for understanding how organisms adapt their metabolism in response to environmental changes, emphasizing the balance of nutrients and energy. The text is essential for researchers and students interested in ecology, biochemistry, and environmental science, providing insights into the dynamic interplay between biological systems and their surroundings.

This book summarizes the development of highly tolerant cultivars via plant breeding, genomics, and proteomic approaches. This book could supplement data for budding researchers by providing extensive ongoing measures to improve the detoxification competence of appropriate species via wide range of plant improvement approaches. It also offers insights into heavy metal signalling,metal chelation by organic acids, amino acids, and phosphate derivatives, and illustrates other strategies that have been extensively investigated, such as genetic engineering, ecological improvement of the rhizosphere using mycorrhiza and chelator enhanced phytoremediation technology. This book could provide simple anthology for undergraduate and postgraduate students to understand fundamentals of heavy metal pollution in the environment. The book closes with a prelude to an inclusive study of biodiversity that could provide new biofilters for metal detoxification.