Arsenic Contamination in the Environment: The Issues and Solutions (Paperback)

1.Arsenic contamination from historical aspects till present situation.- 2.Arsenic: Source, occurrence, cycle and detection.- 3.Studies on arsenic and human health.- 4.Epigenetics in arsenic toxicity:Mechanistic response, alterations, and regulations.- 5.Prospects of combating arsenic: Physico-chemical aspects.- 6.Arsenic and its effect on major crop plants: Stationary awareness to paradigm with special reference to rice crop.- 7.Uptake, transport and remediation of arsenic by plants.- 8.Genomics and genetic engineering in phytoremediation of arsenic.- 9.Perspectives of plant tissue culture research with a special focus on environmental arsenic pollution.- 10.Potential role of microbes in bioremediation of arsenic.