Phytoremediation, a sustainable remediation technology? II: Economic assessment of CO2 abatement through the use of phytoremediation crops for renewable energy production

Metal accumulation and shoot yield of Miscanthus×giganteus growing in contaminated agricultural soils: Insights into agronomic practices

“…metal/metalloid immobilization in the rhizosphere and the roots (Mench et al, 2010). The biomass from contaminated/marginal lands is expected to provide industrial feedstock for bioenergy and green chemicals, hence avoiding the nexus of food vs fuel controversy (Gopalakrishnan et al, 2011;Witters et al, 2012). The sustainability is well ensured when selected plants are able to tolerate on-site contaminants and other local environmental stresses whilst providing a high and economically valuable biomass production (Conesa et al, 2012).…”

Management with willow short rotation coppice increase the functional gene diversity and functional activity of a heavy metal polluted soil

“…Fast growing woody plants such as Eucalyptus sp., Populus spp. and Salix spp., are grown worldwide for bioenergy purposes under short rotation coppice regimes and it has been reported that high biomass yield can be obtained even on HMCS, with long term prospects for positive economic balance (Witters et al, 2012).…”

Soil Pollution and Remediation

“…Phytoremediation is the best-known alternative for conventional remediation technologies. It is not only cheap but also an effi cient technique (Witters et al 2012 ). Microbe-assisted phytoremediation helps in detoxifying harmful soil and restoring biodiversity of degraded land to a large extent.…”