Brassicas in Turkey and Their Potential Role for Degraded Habitats’ Remediation

Abstract

1 The Plant Family Brassicaceae: An Introduction..................... 1 Naser A. Anjum, Sarvajeet S. Gill, Iqbal Ahmad, M. Pacheco, Armando C. Duarte, Shahid Umar, Nafees A. Khan, and M. Eduarda Pereira 2 Current Status of Toxic Metals Addition to Environment and Its Consequences..... .... ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... ..... 35 Qaisar Mahmood, Audil Rashid, Sheikh S. Ahmad, Muhammad R. Azim, and Muhammad Bilal 3 Cadmium Accumulation by Plants of Brassicaceae Family and Its Connection with Their Primary and Secondary Metabolism.. ........................................ ..................... 71 Petr Babula, Vojtech Adam, Ladislav Havel, and Rene Kizek 4 Metal Hyperaccumulation and Tolerance in Alyssum, Arabidopsis and Thlaspi:AnOverview...... .......... .......... ...... 99 Sarvajeet S. Gill, Naser A. Anjum, Iqbal Ahmad, P. Thangavel, G. Sridevi, M. Pacheco, Armando C. Duarte, Shahid Umar, Nafees A. Khan, and M. Eduarda Pereira 5 Brassica Rhizosphere-Microbe Interactions and Their Role in Phytoremediation.............. ..................... 139 Mushtaq Ahmed, V.K. Singh, and R.S. Upadhyay 6 Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals by Brassica juncea in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environment ......... ..................... 153 Anamika Singh and M.H. Fulekar 7 Toxic Metals Accumulation, Tolerance and Homeostasis in Brassicaoilseed Species: Overview of Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms......... ..................... 171 Vinay Kumar, Monika Mahajan, and Sudesh K. Yadav 8 The Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizosphere Bacteria in Toxic Metal Extraction by Brassica spp. ...... ..................... 213 Oguz C. Turgay and Serdar Bilen 9 Biochemical and Functional Responses of Arabidopsis thaliana Exposed to Cadmium, Copper and Zinc.... .......... .......... ...... 239 Adriano Sofo, Antonio Scopa, Tony Remans, Jaco Vangronsveld, and Ann Cuypers 10 Brassicas in Turkey and Their Potential Role for Degraded Habitats’ Remediation.. .......... .......... .......... ...... 265 Munir Ozturk, Abdul R. Memon, Salih Gucel, and M. Serdal Sakcali 11 Chelate Assisted Phytoextraction Using Oilseed Brassicas........... 289 Firdaus-e-Bareen 12 Roles of Rhizospheric Processes and Plant Physiology in Applied Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soils Using Brassica Oilseeds.. ...................... ...................... .. 313 Sarah Neilson and Nishanta Rajakaruna Index .............. ........................................ ..................... 331