Soil Remediation and Plants

Dr Munir Ozturk is the Founder Director for the Centre for Environmental Studies, as well as previous Chairman of the Botany Department, both Ede University, Turkey. He is Vice President of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences, Jordan. Dr Öztürk has received fellowships from Alexander von Humboldt, and the Japanese Society for Promotion of Science. He has worked at the University of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, via a grant from National Science Foundation, USA. He also worked as a consultant fellow at the Faculty of Forestry, University Putra Malaysia and as a “Distinguished Visiting Scientist” at the ICCBS, Karachi University, Pakistan. His fields of scientific interest are; Biomonitoring, Plant Eco-Physiology, Conservation of Plant Diversity, Biosaline Agriculture, Pollution and Medicinal/Aromatic Plants. He has acted as guest editor for several international journals like; The Malaysian Forester, Environmental Geology – Springer, Science and Business Media, Journal of Environmental Biology (4 volumes), Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, Elsevier (2 Volumes).

• 1. Phytoremediation of Soils: Prospects and Challenges2. Soil Contamination with Metals: Sources, Types and Implications3. Phytoremediation: A Promising Strategy on the Crossroads of Remediation4. Phytoremediation: Mechanisms and Adaptations5. Phytoremediation: An Eco-Friendly Green Technology for Pollution Prevention, Control and Remediation6. Recent Trends and Approaches in Phytoremediation7. Evaluation of Four Plant Species for Phytoremediation of Copper-Contaminated Soil8. Role of Phytoremediation in Radioactive Waste Treatment9. Plant–Microbe Interactions in Phytoremediation10. Soil Pollution in Turkey and Remediation Methods11. Soil Pollution Status and Its Remediation in Nepal12. Transfer of Heavy Metals and Radionuclides from Soil to Vegetables and Plants in Bangladesh13. Remediating Cadmium-Contaminated Soils by Growing Grain Crops Using Inorganic Amendments14. Phytoremediation of Pb-Contaminated Soils Using Synthetic Chelates15. Spatial Mapping of Metal-Contaminated Soils16. Arsenic Toxicity in Plants and Possible Remediation17. Phytoremediation of Metal-Contaminated Soils Using Organic Amendments: Prospects and Challenges18. Soil Contamination, Remediation and Plants: Prospects and Challenges19. Improving Phytoremediation of Soil Polluted with Oil Hydrocarbons in Georgia20. Remediation of Cd-Contaminated Soils: Perspectives and Advancements21. Phytoremediation of Radioactive Contaminated Soils22. Heavy Metal Accumulation in Serpentine Flora of Mersin-Findikpinari (Turkey) – Role of Ethylenediamine Tetraacetic Acid in Facilitating Extraction of Nickel23. Phytomanagement of Padaeng Zinc Mine Waste, Mae Sot District, Tak Province, Thailand24. Effect of Pig Slurry Application on Soil Organic Carbon