Cellular and Molecular Phytotoxicity of Heavy Metals

Preface

Chapter titles and Names of the Contributors and emails:
Heavy metals - definition and nanoparticle uptake in plants Cristina Buzea 1, * (a) and Ivan Pacheco 1,2,3 (a,b,c)
1IIPB Medicine Corporation, Owen Sound, ON N4K 6S5, Canada
2Department of Pathology, Grey Bruce Health Services, 1800 8th St East, Owen Sound N4K 6M9, Canada
3Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sch├╝lich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, N6A 5C1 Canada
Corresponding author e-mail: cristinabuzea@mdcorporation.ca
2. Cellular and molecular responses of plant cell against heavy metal toxicity

Shatrohan Lal, Sheel Ratna and Rajesh Kumar*
Department of Microbiology
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University)
Raibareli Road, Lucknow 226025, India
Corresponding author e-mail: rajesh_skumar@yahoo.co.in
3. Effect of heavy metal stress on growth and yields of crop plants
Zahir Muhammad
Department of Botany, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
Corresponding author e-mail: kzahirmuhammad@yahoo.com
4. Heavy metal induced toxicity responses in plants: an overview from physicochemical to molecular level
Ritu Chaturvedi1, * and Garima Malik2

1St. John''s College, Agra (U.P.), India, 2R.G. (PG) College, C.C.S University, Meerut (U.P.), India
Corresponding author e-mail: rituchaturvedi88@gmail.com
5. Heavy metal stress responsive phyto-miRNAs
Özge Çelik*
Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Faculty of Science and Letters, Istanbul Kultur University, Istabul, Turkey
Corresponding author e-mail: ocelik@iku.edu.tr


6. Phytoremediation: A useful and environment friendly option to combat phytotoxicity of soil heavy metals

Muhammad Ehsan* National Technological Baccalaureate System, Tlaxcala State, Mexico
Corresponding author e-mail: muhammadehsan2000@yahoo.com

7.Heavy metal contaminated soils: weeds as potential phytoremediation agents - issues and prospects
Abdul Majeed*, Zahir Muhammad, Rehmanullah and Habib Ahmad
Department of Botany, Government Degree College Naguman
Peshawar, Pakistan
Corresponding author e-mail: saikatgantait@yahoo.com


8. Role of beneficial microbes in molecular phytotoxicity of heavy metals.
Renu Bhardwaj
Department of Botanical & Environmental Sciences Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, India
Corresponding author e-mail: renubhardwaj82@gmail.com
9. Mechanisms of heavy metal tolerance in plants
Bahman Khoshru1, Mehdi Taghizadeghan 2, Behnam Asgari Lajayer1, Mansour Ghorbanpour3*
1Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, 2Department of Plant Biotechnology and Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, 3Department of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak 38156-8-8349, Iran
Corresponding author e-mail: m-ghorbanpour@araku.ac.ir

10. Mechanistic of phytotoxicity caused by heavy metals nanoparticles
Shweta Gehlout