Using Plants To Clean Up Soils Plant physiologist Leon Kochian (left) and molecular biologist David Garvin examine wheat plants of various genotypes being studied for aluminum tolerance. (K8781-4) When it comes to helping clean up soils contaminated with heavy and toxic metals, na…

Overview: Phytoremediation is the use of certain plants to clean up soil, sediment, and water contaminated with metals and/or organic contaminants such as crude oil, solvents, and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). It is a name for the expansion of an o…