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Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soil in Southern China

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Twenty Years of Research and Development on Soil Pollution and Remediation in China

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Soil heavy metal contamination was found much more serious in Southern China than the North. In Southern China, contaminated soils are difficult to be remediated or reclaimed due to its characteristics of high acidity, low nutrients, and high heavy metal contents. For decades, we have worked on soil remediation and made progresses on ① discovery of heavy metals tolerant plants and hyperaccumulators, ② screening for better soil amendments, and ③ suitable remediation systems for contaminated soils of different degrees.

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  1. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

    Kengbo Ding, Chang Liu, Yetao Tang, Shizhong Wang, Xiange Wei, Yuanqing Chao & Rongliang Qiu

  2. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou, China

    Yetao Tang, Shizhong Wang, Xiange Wei, Yuanqing Chao & Rongliang Qiu

  3. Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil Remediation, Guangzhou, China

    Yetao Tang, Shizhong Wang, Xiange Wei, Yuanqing Chao & Rongliang Qiu

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  1. Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China

    Yongming Luo

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Ding, K. et al. (2018). Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soil in Southern China. In: Luo, Y., Tu, C. (eds) Twenty Years of Research and Development on Soil Pollution and Remediation in China. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6029-8_20

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